AttachmentThis first volume of John Bowlby's Attachment and Loss series examines the nature of the child's ties to the mother. Beginning with a discussion of instinctive behavior, its causation, functioning, and ontogeny, Bowlby proceeds to a theoretical formulation of attachment behavior—how it develops, how it is maintained, what functions it fulfills.In the fifteen years since Attachment was first published, there have been major developments in both theoretical discussion and empirical research on attachment. The second edition, with two wholly new chapters and substantial revisions, incorporates these developments and assesses their importance to attachment theory. |
Contents
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An Alternative Model | 37 |
Mans Environment of Evolutionary Adaptedness | 58 |
Behavioural Systems Mediating Instinctive Behaviour | 65 |
Causation of Instinctive Behaviour | 85 |
Feeling and Emotion | 104 |
Function of Instinctive Behaviour | 124 |
A Control Systems Approach to Attachment Behaviour | 235 |
ON TO GENY OF HUMAN ATTACHMENT | 265 |
Focusing on a Figure | 299 |
Patterns of Attachment and Contributing Conditions | 331 |
Developments in the Organisation of Attachment | 350 |
Stability and Change in Patterns of Attachment | 361 |
Objections Misconceptions and Clarifications | 371 |
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Changes in Behaviour during the Lifecycle I4 I | 141 |
Attachment Behaviour | 177 |
I2 Nature and Function of Attachment Behaviour 2 | 220 |
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Other editions - View all
Attachment: The Fundamental Questions Ross A. Thompson,Jeffry A. Simpson,Lisa J. Berlin Limited preview - 2021 |
Attachment: The Fundamental Questions Ross A. Thompson,Jeffry A. Simpson,Lisa J. Berlin Limited preview - 2021 |
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