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Guidance

A friend recently gave
me a lengthy document
outlining a summary of
the issues surrounding
attachment theory.

Attachment theory pro-.
vides some models which
relate to the type of life pat-
terns that often develop as
the result of early attachment
experiences between care-
givers and children. In other
words, it asserts that the
experiences which children
have, both in their early life
and during their adolescent
period, play a big factor in
how they view the world for
the rest of their lives.

To understand attachment
theory, you need to take out
your Psychology 100 text-
book and remember the work
of Konrad Lorenz. He was
the behaviourist who demon-
strated that if you put a
bunch of baby ducks with a

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Life patterns set early on

comes from the relationship
we have with our parents.
Attachment theory goes a
step further than simple imi-
lative actions, by proposing
that we may form a complete
behaviour pattern that
impacts on everything we do.

Essentially, people have
four different ways of dealing
with life that is the result of
their attachment experiences.
Those with secure attach-
ments (close bonds through
childhood and good relation-
ships as teens) tend to

respond appropriately to
threatening situations and
will approach the caregiver
for reassurance. ‘They are usu-
ally pretty secure and confi-
dent about taking risks and
trying new things, but rarely
take dangerous risks. As a
general rule, they are happy.
Those who have poor
attachment to a caregiver,
perhaps through being
neglected or simply not get-
ting responses when comtort-
ing is needed, tend to prac-
tise avoidance behaviours,

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suppressing their fears and
avoiding those who are
attachment figures. They
tend to be quite insecure and
withdrawn, generally not will-
ing to uy and do new things
for fear of failure. As a gener-

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goose, they would end up
trying to act like geese. The
bottom line was that from
the very beginning of life,
they were looking for a role
model, and the first one they
attached to would be the
most influential.

As social beings, humans
tend to bond very quickly.
It’s a little far-fetched to
assume we might act like
geese if we were raised by a
goose, but the expression,
“the apple doesn’t fall far
from the tree” is often a way
of saying we end up amazing-
ly close to our parents in our
actions. Genetics clearly play
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