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Attachment Through the Life Course

The purpose of this module is to provide a brief review of attachment theory—a theory designed to explain the significance of the close, emotional bonds that children develop with their caregivers and the implications of those bonds for understanding personality development. The module discusses the origins of the theory, research on individual differences in attachment security in infancy and childhood, and the role of attachment in adult...

Keywords:: Attachment styles, Love, Adult attachment, cool4ed, Attachment, Attraction Close relationships, Social development

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Education / TeacherEd / Educational Psychology

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Material Type:: Online Course Module
Date Added to MERLOT:: August 13, 2015
Date Modified in MERLOT:: February 12, 2024
Author:: R.Chris Fraley, NOBA
Submitter:: Naomi Otieno

Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division
Technical Format:: Website
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States