In the context of developmental psychology, however, the focus is on attachments between infants and their caregivers. One of Psychology's most prominent attachment theorists, John Bowlby (1969), claimed:
“No form of behaviour is accompanied by stronger feelings than is attachment behaviour. Infants greet those with whom they are attached with joy, and become anxious, angry and sorrowful when they leave or threaten to leave”
Developmental Psychologists are interested in what characterises an attachment; whether attachments have to develop within a certain time; whether the quality of attachment is important; whether disruptions to attachment, such as short, long and permanent separations from attachment figures, have consequences for a person's development; and whether cultural variations in childcare have any impact on attachment. Unit 1 of the AQA-A A Level Psychology Specification examines some of these issues.
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