About seven months after birth—when children are developing the ability to represent another person cognitively—infants develop an enduring attachment to their primary caregivers.
Infants express attachment by proximity-seeking behaviors such as approaching, following, and clinging and by contact-seeking behaviors such as crying, smiling, and calling. Parents express their attachment more by eye contact than by physical contact and by reacting to their child’s vocalizations, expressions, and gestures.
On the basis of many observations, Mary Ainsworth developed a laboratory procedure in which the infant’s reactions to a novel situation and the comings and goings of the infant’s mother indicate the security of the child’s attachment. In this test is conducted in a well-equipped playroom full of toys and is called the "Strange Situation Test".
Since then, researchers have documented correlations between the type of attachment a child had with their primary caregiver and the type of attachment they are able to make in adulthood.
Now post at least a 500 word discussion on the discussion board.
1) For your discussion, first discuss the four main attachment styles that have been described. USE YOUR OWN WORDS (do NOT copy from an internet source or other source).
2) Next, think about relationships in adolescence and adulthood and consider the different attachment styles. Can you think of relationships that you have observed that demonstrate secure attachment? What about insecure attachment? Avoidant attachment? Disorganized attachment? Without naming any names (or at least not the persons' real names) describe what these types of attachment might look like in an adult relationship.
