PSYCH 3BA3 Chapter 12: Chapter 12
14 Mar 2017
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We see people from all walks of life who talk about loneliness some longing for loved ones back home or finding new friends in new place. Loneliness from relationships that have soured sons do not feel connected to fathers, bfs who feel invisible to partners. When basic needs for love, affection and belonging are not met we feel lonely and worthless pain has long term effects because our growth is stymied when we feel detached and unloved. We start our discussion of attachment love and flourishing relationships with comments on loneliness bc much of pos psych of social cxn was built on scholarship pertaining to traumatic separation. Only recently looked at qs like what are the chars of successful relships. Attachment and love are nec components of relships but they are not sufficient for the maintenance of such relationships must be accompanied by purposeful positive relationship behaviours. Infant-to-caregiver attachment that forms foundation for futre relships.
