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#796 Paul Harris - Child Psychology in Twelve Questions

The Dissenter

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The Origins of Attachment Theory

The main theorist and writer about attachment was John Bulby, a British psychiatrist whose interest was triggered in the consequences of being separated or having an unloving family. He then explored that claim in a more ecological context looking at other species he reexamined some of his early assumptions based on psychoanalytic theory. The theory is somewhat impressively continues to guide research within developmental psychology.

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