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Is there any truth in Bowlby’s theory of attachment or was it just political hogwash?  

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Bibliography Bowlby, J (1990) Childcare and the growth of love. Middlesex, Penguin Butler & McManus (2000) Psychology. A very short introduction. Oxford, OUP Davenport, G C (1990) An introduction to child development. London, Unwyn Hymen Eysenck & Flanagan (2002) Psychology for AS level. East Sussex, Psychology Press Fovargue, K (2005) Presentation on Nature versus Nurture Fovargue, K (2005) Presentation on Abraham Maslow. Hayes, N (2000) 3rd ed. Foundations of psychology. London, Thompson Learning Woods, B (2004) Understanding psychology. London, Hodder & Stoughton Is there any truth in Bowlby's theory of attachment or was it just political hogwash? Paul Hayden John Bowlby (1907-1990) was a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who produced work prolifically from 1938 to 1989. In this essay I shall be focusing on his work regarding attachment theory and maternal deprivation (1958) and also later papers on the same subject (Vol. 1 of Attachment and loss 1969). I will be looking at influences on his work, both theorists (Freud, Lorenz)...

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