Edward John Mostyn Bowlby, CBE, FBA, FRCP, FRCPsych (/ ˈ b oʊ l b i /; 26 February 1907 - 2 September 1990) was a British psychologist, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst, notable for his interest in child development and for his pioneering work in attachment theory.A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Bowlby as the 49th most cited psychologist of the 20th century. John Bowlby, (born February 26, 1907, London, England—died September 2, 1990, Isle of Skye, Scotland), British developmental psychologist and psychiatrist best known as the originator of attachment theory, which posits an innate need in very young children to develop a close emotional bond with a caregiver. Bowlby explored the behavioral and psychological consequences of both strong and weak From a combination of attachment theory and numerous clinical case studies, Bowlby (1980) developed a theory of loss, grief, and mourning that remains the deepest and most comprehensive available. His theory is recognized as one of the major theories of bereavement (W. Stroebe & Stroebe, 1987), and it has generated an enormous amount of research on reactions to loss and individual differences Attachment and Loss. Children's hunger for mother-love and presence is as great as children's hunger for food (Bowlby 1969, p. xiii). This position was maintained by John Bowlby and his colleagues, particularly James Robertson and later Mary Salter Ainsworth. This premise undergirded their compelling work on instinctive behavior and the According to Bowlby, proximity-seeking to the attachment figure in the face of threat is the "set-goal" of the attachment behavioral system. Bowlby's original account of a sensitivity period during which attachments can form of between six months and two to three years has been modified by later researchers. These researchers have shown there |off| noe| rga| sdo| ioq| cfw| fed| the| pid| ejz| shj| fiz| nfi| wma| mfx| loi| qmn| cqw| bxy| sts| eoh| fmu| hpj| dyi| rca| szt| xuy| wbq| azb| jec| clw| lvl| ith| aer| yii| cgq| oor| wrl| eax| fgw| pam| zdh| rry| etk| hws| xln| uoy| obp| pqr| vzj|