Posted: November 19th, 2015

Primary Attachments

Primary Attachments

According to Bowlby and Ainsworth’s theoretical and empirical work, infants come

into the world predisposed to attach primarily to one person only, usually the

mother. All other attachments are affiliative (or, secondary). As you know, this

has been called into question by researchers such as Michael Lamb who looked at

paternal attachment. The research on attachment in different cultures, particularly

those cultures in which children are cared for by more than one caregiver, also

provides evidence to suggest that infants can attach to more than one primary

caregiver.

Let’s have a friendly debate. Please take a stand for or against this issue. Your

argument can be:

a) conceptual – arguing for or against Bowlby’s claim, supported by Ainsworth’s

research, that infants are ethologically predisposed to have a primary attachment

to only one person;

b) or empirical – describing affiliative attachments, showing how they are

different from primary attachments.

Please post a 150-word response on the topic.

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