Attachment in the early years

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Attachment in the early years provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 6 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • This free course, Attachment in the early years, covers theory and research in the area of attachment in early childhood. In the 1950s, John Bowlby was the first person to develop a theory about ...

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Learning outcomes
    • 1 Introduction to attachment
    • 1.1 The needs of immature young
    • 1.2 Attachment and human evolution
    • 2 Attachment theory
    • 2.1 Internal working models
    • 2.2 What Bowlby did and didn’t say
    • Mother as single attachment figure?
    • Rigidity of IWMs
    • 2.3 ‘Good-enough’ mothering
    • 3 Attachment classification
    • 3.1 Attachment and internal working models
    • 4 Influences on attachment
    • 4.1 Sensitivity
    • 4.2 Emotional communication
    • 4.3 Mind-mindedness
    • 5 Stability of attachment into later childhood
    • 5.1 Genetic and environmental influences
    • 5.2 Interventions to enhance attachment security
    • 6 Strange Situation Test
    • Conclusion
    • Glossary
    • References
    • Further reading
    • Acknowledgements