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Question

Evaluate the triangular theory of love and Bowlby's love as an attatchment process...

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Answer 1

The triangular theory of love has to do with there being three corners to a triangle, intimacy, passion and commitment. Love can have any or all of these constituents in varying degrees, and the more types of love you have, the more durable the relationship will be.

Bowlby wasn't actually the one who extended attachment theory to adult relationships, he focused on attachment between children and caregivers. This model has four quadrants, Secure, Anxious-Preoccupied, Dismissive-Avoidant, and Fearful-Avoidant, which describe different approaches to intimacy and attachment formation within relationships. Secure attachment relationships seem to be more satisfying and more durable.

The triangular theory pays more attention to the passionate element of love, which is acknowledged as important but not necessarily directly covered by the attachment theory. The triangular theory also recognises that the type of love existing in a relationship can and likely will change over time. People's attachment style can also vary with time, but it seems to me that there is less flexibility in the love as attachment model to account for changes in any given relationship.

The triangular theory of love is concerned primarily with the elements of the relationship itself, whereas the love as attachment theory relates slightly more to the people involved in the relationship, although obviously there is a tremendous amount of overlap.

Answer 2

It does artwork, if youre talking on the stunning concern to the stunning man or woman. If its obvious the guy will call you out of direction. some human beings arent even able to pulling it off to tell you the certainty.

Answer 3

Attachment may be defined as "an affectional tie that one person or animal forms between him/herself and another specific one [usually the parent]--a tie that binds them together in space and endures over time. [1] Attachment theory, from one perspective, has its origins in the observation of and experiments with young animals. In the 1950s, a famous series of experiments on infant monkeys by Harlow and Harlow demonstrated that attachment is not a simple reaction to internal drives such as hunger. [2] In these experiments, young monkeys were separated from their mother shortly after birth. They were offered two dolls to serve as surrogates to the mother. The first doll had a body of wire mesh. The second doll had a body of terry cloth and foam rubber. The wire mesh doll was secured with a bottle of milk, the softer doll without. The experiment proved that what a baby ultimately seeks is a mother's warmth and the familiar feeling of being with the mother. It established that food was not necessarily a predominant need for the baby, but it sought a mother's warmth more than food. Thus reinforcing the idea of maternal love being the most important aspect in a baby's life.

The experiment was designed to see if the monkeys would cling to the doll providing the soft contact of cloth or to the doll providing the source of food. It turned out that the monkeys would cling to the soft-clothed doll, irrespective of whether it provided food. The monkeys also explored more when the soft-cloth doll was near. Apparently, the doll provided them with a sense of security. However, the passive doll was not an adequate alternative for a real mother. Infant monkeys which were raised without contact with other monkeys showed abnormal behavior in social situations. They were either very fearful of other monkeys or responded with unprovoked aggression when they encountered other monkeys. They also showed abnormal sexual responses. Female monkeys who were raised in isolation often neglected or abused their infants. This abnormal behaviour is thought to demonstrate that a bond with the mother is necessary for further social development. The effects of 6 days of intensive research resurfaced at a more adult stage in the monkey's life, roughly 2 years later. This proved a theory for young babies detached from their mothers or predominant carer, that detachment at an early stage of life can reoccur as a much more serious problem or even mental retardation later in that child's life, again reinforcing the importance of secure attachment to a famliar carer or specifically the mother (according to Bowlby).

Much of the early research on attachment in humans was done by John Bowlby and his associates, such as Mary Ainsworth. Ainsworth, to briefly surmise, conducted an experiment with a mother and child (or closest carer) through the use of two way mirrors. The room had a selection of toys on a table that the child could 'explore'. Using a number of infants, Ainsworth placed the mother and child in this room and recorded how the child reacted. The mother or carer then left the room, and a stranger entered. The reaction of the child was again then recorded. The stranger then left, and the mother returned, thus concluding the experiment. What Ainsworth was aiming to deduce from this experiment was predominantly the child's reaction and placing the child's relationship to the mother in 1 of 3 categories. Secure Attachment - If the child showed depression through screaming, crying and a general sense of loss through the mother's departure; an unwillingess to play with the provided toys; reluctance to warm to the stranger and an obvious sense of relief at the mother's return, then this would conclude that the child's relationship to the mother was that of a Secure Attachment. Insecure Attachment - If the child showed some sadness towards the mother's departure; a cautious desire to play with the toys; ability to be picked up by the stranger but not necessarily 'warm' to the stranger and some signs of relief to the mother's return, then this child would be deemed as having an Insecure Attachment to the mother. Detachment - If the child showed no signs of distress at the mother's departure, a willingness to explore the toys, no reluctance in being handled by the stranger and little to no response to the mother's return, then this child-mother relationship would be diagnosed as Detachment. All three 'prescriptions' would be diagnosed largely on the mother's relationship to the child. A mother with a Secure Attachment to the child would be responsive and caring towards the child. A mother with an Insecure Attachment to the child would show little response to the child and basic care. A mother who was detached from her child would show little to no warmth for the child and barely partake in the general necessities of child care - thus causing later distress in the child's life. [3] [4] [5] [6] These early studies focused on attachment between children and caregivers. Attachment theory was later extended to adult romantic relationships by Cindy Hazen and Phillip Shaver. [7] [8] [9]

More info can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attachment_theory

Also Origins of the Attchment Theory can be found here:
http://www.psychology.sunysb.edu/attachment/online/inge_origins.pdf#search=%22Bowlby's%20love%20theory%22

Bowlby believed that there are four distinguishing characteristics of attachment:
Proximity Maintenance – The desire to be near the people we are attached to.
Safe Haven – Returning to the attachment figure for comfort and safety in the face of a fear or threat.
Secure Base – The attachment figure acts as a base of security from which the child can explore the surrounding environment.
Separation Distress – Anxiety that occurs in the absence of the attachment figure.

More info can be found here:http://psychology.about.com/od/loveandattraction/ss/attachmentstyle.htm

Answer 4

I don't remember that in my psychology class...just google it

Answer 5

Yep! Its fun fun fun!

Answer 6

buy a dog

Answer 7

na

Answer 8

um...no. What are you talking about, my head hurts now.