Mary C Ainsworth

Attachment theory

…Research by developmental psychologist Mary Ainsworth in the 1960s and 70s reinforced the basic concepts, introduced the concept of the "secure base" and developed a theory of a number of attachment patterns in infants: secure attachment, avoidant attachment and anxious attachment.[4] A four...

Mary Ainsworth

Mary Dinsmore Salter Ainsworth (/enswr/; December 1, 1913 March 21, 1999) was an American-Canadian developmental psychologist known for her...

Attachment Theory According to John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth

Seminar paper from the year 2001 in the subject Psychology - Developmental Psychology, grade: 1,7, University of the Arts Berlin, language: English, abstract: I will first provide a brief historical outline of the origin and development of attachment theory, closely linked to the biographical data o...

Patterns of Attachment: A Psychological Study of the Strange Situation (Psychology Press & Routledge Classic Editions)

Ethological attachment theory is a landmark of 20th century social and behavioral sciences theory and research. This new paradigm for understanding primary relationships across the lifespan evolved from John Bowlby’s critique of psychoanalytic drive theory and his own clinical observations, suppleme...

Developments in the Rorschach Technique, Volume 1: Technique and Theory

Patterns of Attachment: A Psychological Study of the Strange Solution