Attachment theory
Our connection to our primary caregivers impacts us in our interpersonal relationships (daily life, friendships, work, romantic life) as adults.
Developmental theory
Takeaway: Good attachment impacts us
In line with psychodynamic theories where upbringing effects relationships, our feelings of having attachment needs met and the way children learn to get attention come up later in life.
Terms
- Primal terror
compare to Basic anxiety in Karen Horney's Theory of Neurosis