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‘Genie’                08/11/09

The harrowing case of a young girl subjected criminally to privation - presented in Key Study format

Lifespan Development

These pages address the application of Integrated SocioPsychology to lifespan development - from childhood, through adolescence, through maturity to old age. More immediately-topical observations can be found in the Blog.


The ‘Features’ contain material that is explicitly developed from the Integrated SocioPsychology concept. Material in the other sections is based on standard Psychology and Sociology academic specifications and has an Integrated SocioPsychology elaboration applied where appropriate.


Those who support the Integrated approach and are interested in such matters are invited to submit pieces for publication here as 'guest features' or 'guest reports'. Please get in touch with your ideas via the Contact page.

Evaluating Bowlby

Mind map examining evidence for and against John Bowlby’s key assumptions in his theory of Maternal Deprivation

Maternal Deprivation

Mind map outlining John Bowlby’s concept of Maternal Deprivation and the influence it had on parenting guidance

Caregiver Senstivity Hypothesis vs Temperament Hypothesis       

Mary Ainsworth attributed the quality of attachments to the responsiveness of the mother; Jerome Kagan thought it more to do with the infant’s temperament

Theories of Attachment   

Mind map outlining and considering the principal theories of attachment

Attachment in Infant Monkeys

Harry Harlow's notorious experiment on rhesus monkeys to test whether food or security was the greater motivation to attach - presented in Key Study format

Caregiver-Infant Interactions

Article outlining the key factors in caregiver interaction with very young children

Infant Attachments

The Biological Impetus to Attachment

Feature outlining biological indicators that the impetus to attach is innate

Stages of Infant Attachment

The stages of attachment theories of, respectively, Rudolph Schaffer & Peggy Emerson and John Bowlby

3 Facial Expressions & One Hand Movement

Description of the experiment of Andrew Meltzof & Keith Moore on imitation in very young infants - presented in Key Study format

Glasgow Babes

Rudolph Schaffer & Peggy Emerson classic study into the development of attachment amongst young infants in Glasgow - presented in Key Study format

Strange Situation Study           

The outlining and evaluation of Mary Ainsworth's procedure and the attachment types she identified from it - presented in Key Study format

Attachment Cross-Cultural Variations         

The cross-cultural meta-analysis carried out by Marinus Van IJzendoorn & Pieter Kroonenberg into attachment studies - presented in Key Study format

Separation

Mind Map covering the investigations of John Bowlby and James Robertson into the effects of separation

‘A 2-Year-Old goes to Hospital’

James Robertson's write-up of the classic film he made with John Bowlby


Background to the Separation Project

James Robertson's account of how 'Young Children in Brief Separation' came to be made


‘Young Children in Brief Separation’

James Robertson's brief descriptions of the children's behaviour in his films

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44 Juvenile Thieves                09/12/11  

John Bowlby’s seminal study, from which the theory of Maternal Deprivation was developed - presented in Key Study format

Privation

Mind map outlining the nature of privation and the effects it has on the development of very young children

Romanian Orphans Investigation   

Michael Rutter’s assumption-shattering investigation into the effects of adoption on Romanian orphans blighted by privation - presented in Key Study format

Biological Impetus to Attachment. Stages of Infant Attachment. Caregiver-Infant Interactions. 3 Facial Expressions & One Hand Movement. Theories of Attachment. Glasgow Babes. Attachment in Infant Monkeys. Strange Situation Study. Attachment Cross-Cultural Variations. Sensitivity vs Temperament. Separation. 2-Year-Old goes to Hospital. Background to the Separation Project. Young Children in Brief Separation. Maternal Deprivation. 44 Juvenile Thieves. Evaluating Bowlby. Privation. Romanian Orphans Investigation. 'Genie'.

Approaches to Gender Development

Mind map critiquing the Psychodynamic, Behaviourist and Biological approaches to gender development

Gender

Approaches to Gender Development.

Gender Development Comparison Chart   

Chart to contrast the Psychodynamic, Behaviourist and Biological approaches to gender development

Gender Development Comparison Chart.

Features

How the Brain develops the Mind...
Posted June 2001
With minor editing by Spiral Dynamics co-developer Chris Cowan and originally published on the Humberside Partnership Connexions web site.










'How the Brain develops the Mind'.

Psychosocial Development

Updated 30 January 2011
Erik Erikson’s 8 stages of psychosexual development interpreted through the multiple lens of Integrated SocioPsychology

Psychosocial Development.