Bowlby acknowledged that children became attached to a number of people, but believed that the principal bond is formed with the mother or permanent mother substitute, and is different in kind from all others. He claimed that the bond develops around the age of seven months to three years, and that this period is known as the critical period. ... When the separation involves the loss of the primary attachment figure and consequent bond disruption, it is called deprivation. ... In practice this meant that these children had been repeatedly or continually in hospital or foster homes, and were pr...

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• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Friends choose each other, so the relationship has a small but significant difference from the members in one's family, because a family is something people are born into. Making a friend is like picking a family member. There is a common misconception that friends are not family but, as stated by Mr. ... Humans oblige bonding in order to be complete. ... When two people are married the bond is tight, but hardly ever tight enough to ensure death at the same moment between the two entities. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

His 'abnormal family set up' or movement through various foster homes caused him to remain in the phallic stage because he developed a sense of anxiety over his own perceived inadequacy as he came to associate his foster-fathers abusive nature with his own self worth. ... When his girlfriend, Skylar, presses to know about his past and family, Will becomes infuriated and violent. ... His friends were such that they never questioned Will about his childhood or his family and were merely there to participate in his life. ... These were the people who he had built his trust around, know...

• Word Count: 2016
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Frank wanted to feel that he could be punished from his father, but his father failed to provide him with the feeling that there is a strong character in the family which could control his acts. The Clinical Child &Family Psychology Review, which was done from workers at a University in Sydney, Australia showed that an antisocial behavior is to be predicted if a strong character is missing in the family and that children do not develop the feeling of negative reinforcement if the did not experience it. ... Crime was seen as a product of uneven development in society caused by increased immi...

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Rather the basis of the relationship was a deep affectionate bond between mother and child, which itself becomes an important part of personality. According to Bowlby this bond serves as an internal working model and basis for all future relationships from infancy to adult life. ...

• Word Count: 2229
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

According to a study by Kaiser Family done in 2010, today's teens spend more than 71/2 hours a day submerged in media (Ahuja). ... They meet new people and create bond with them; they learn new things and develop their own opinions and ideas. ...

• Word Count: 1452
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The creature's emotional and rational development truly begins in the time he spends living in a hovel outside of the DeLacy family cabin. ... " Though he endlessly sought the emotional fulfillment he thought he deserved, the creature has come to accept the fact that he has sinned, knowing that the death of his creator marks the end of his chances for emotional bonding with another living being. ...

• Word Count: 1509
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate