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Aderayo Oyenuga Mark Trueman Psy 10001 November 2 2005 Evaluate the Contribution of Mary Ainsworth to theory of attachment Attachment theory has been defined as a way of understanding why human beings tend to form specific and long-lasting relationships with particular others and why disruptions or conflicts in these relationships can result in psychological, psycho-somatic and psycho-social disturbance. (http://www.attachmentnetwork.org). According to Bolwby (1969) "attachment is a part of many organisations native endowment''. He and Mary Ainsworth have developed an approach that has succeeded in discovering the variable that influences attachment in human. (Ross D. Parke, Peter A. Ornstein, John J. Rieser, Carolyn Zahn-Waxler a Century of Development Psychology) Mary Ainsworth has investigated in detail the nature of the attachment bond and individual differences in attachment. She suggested the emergence of a genuine attachment in infant occurs in several steps (Bee H the developing child 5th edition pg 402) One measure of separation anxiety was devised...

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