In: Psychology
. Summarize two of the theories :lenses for looking at the lifespan and offer your informed opinion of each.? The theories are attachment theory and behaviorism
Attachment theory talks about emotional bonding. This emotional bonding remains responsible for ensuring a connection among different people across the time and space.
This type of emotional bonding gets developed with subsequent passage of time. It requires some time. A child feels emotional attachment with his/her mother because he/she feels secure in company of his/her mother.
Separation distress is an important characteristic to define emotional attachment theory. Feeling of love and warmth helps in development of emotional attachment.
Behaviorism says that conditioning is important for development of a particular behavior. Interaction play important role in development of such conditioning and behaviorism.
When we react in a particular fashion to the stimuli of surroundings then we tend to develop a specific type of behavior. Rewards and punishments are important aspects of behaviorism.
When we provide some privileges at some particular behavior to somebody then chances to strengthening of that behavior increases manyfold. Vice versa condition takes place when those privileges are snatched out.