Psychology Assignment Maternal Infant Bonding
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Running head: PSYCHOLOGY PsychologyName of the Student:Name of the University:Author note:
1PSYCHOLOGYThe interview was being conducted with Mrs. Nancy Jones, the single parent of RobertJones, a 3 and a 6 months old boy, whose life revolves around attending his kindergarten classes,and coming back home to his mother. The interview lasted for 15 minutes, and the questionsasked and responses collected are explained below: Interviewer: Hello, Mrs. Jones. Kindly tell me about the life of Robert through his infancy toearly childhood. Interviewee: He grew up with me, as his father does not stay with me. He has learnt to be moreindependent that the kids of his age, and his world revolves around me. Interviewer: Tell me about his nature at present, and did you notice any remarkable change fromthe time you met him? Interviewee: No, not much. However, as a child, he loved interacting with people, and was moreextrovert. Now, he has become a little shy and withdrawn. Interviewer: Do you two go out a lot? Does he have a lot of friends to enjoy with? Does heinteract with the neighbours? Interviewee : Since, most of the time, I do not stay at home, I ensure that he stays in hiskindergarten only. Coming back from office, I keep him with myself, as I like to watch him playand grow. He has a couple of friends, but he never brings them home. I am tired once I reachhome, and cannot entertain guests. Interviewer: How far do you believe that Robert is a self-sufficient kid? Interviewee : He is one of the most independent kids you will see at his age level. He canaccomplish basic jobs on his own such as, dress changing, and performing toilet actions. He does
2PSYCHOLOGYnot need my assistance, and he in fact hates me holding his hand, or guiding him on his way toschool. Interviewer: So, you think that he is growing to be very stubborn. Interviewee : Yes, he is, because he likes to control everything in the household, and often getscranky if I try to control him. _____________ From the above-discussed interview session, it became clearly evident that Robert doesnot have too many friends, and his social relationship as well as interaction is limited to hismother and a couple of friends. Since he has a working mother, he fails to provide sufficient timeto his kid, and this is affecting the social development of the child in a negative way. Theabsence of maternal-infant bonding has impacted his social development, and this explains whythe child has changed from being an extrovert to a recluse. Erik Erikson in his Theory of Psychosocial Development, clearly states that in the infantstage of his growth, a child has two basic emotions- trust and mistrust. A child who is allowedexposure to a socially interactive, warm and positive environment, grows up to become asociable child, who takes pleasure in engaging conversation with peers, neighbours and familymembers. On the other hand, lack of social bonding even with the inmates of the family, has lefthim abandoned and has affected his self-esteem (Newman & Newman, 2017). As a result, hesees any kind of interaction with a third person as a social threat, and thus he prefers to be alone.However, the social need of a child includes meaningful interaction and relation formation withnew friends and neighbours. However, this child is absolutely deprived of this basic social need.
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