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Essay on Psychological Perspective

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Essay on Psychological Perspective

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Running head: PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE How have the main theoretical approaches improved our understanding of childdevelopment? Discuss in relation to attachment and the nature and nurture.Name of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
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1PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE The main theoretical approaches of child’s development actually supplied aframework for being thoughtful about human growth, their development as well as theirlearning. The theories actually help an individual to have an understanding of what motivateshuman beings, their thoughts and behaviors or how one’s personality forms (Crain 2015).The theoretical perspectives can actually provide an insight about the humans as well as theinfluences that the society has on the child’s development. This essay discusses about themain theoretical approaches improved the understanding of child development in context toin relation to attachment and the nature and nurture.Attachment theory has its root in the collective work of John Bowlby and MaryAinsworth and it is their research, which first reported about the importance of the relationthat developed between the mother and the child (Goldberg, Muir and Kerr 2013). Theirresearch further helped in detailing the detrimental impact, which is observed in thedevelopment of a child as an outcome of the parental deprivation, separation or it can bebereavement. However, as per the theoretical approaches attachment is believed to haveemerged in phases, originating before birth, at that time when mothers first starts developingthe emotional feeling for their embryonic baby. In the early attachment period, the babyactually learns to signal their caregivers, who will in turn acknowledge the child’s need forfood as well as comfort. The quality of early caregiver is to either help or hinder the child’sability to control their inner states of emotion. Moreover, when the caregiver greetsconsistently to the child’s signal then the baby starts to develop a sense of competence andappreciates social interactions. At around 2-7months after birth the baby’s feeding as well assleeping cycle will be more adjustable as well as predictable. He will be more interactive,easy to care for and will start exchanging smile with their caregivers. Around 6months of agethe baby shows different expressions as well as responds to other’s emotions and participatein turn-taking vocalizing. Then at around 7-9months of age separation anxiety emerges in the
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