Explaining Behaviour: Example - Parent-Child

Question 1

What Hypothesis About Parent-Child Relationships Did Bowlby Develop?

Answer 1

Bowlby developed the maternal deprivation hypothesis.

Question 2

Define The Maternal Deprivation Hypothesis

Answer 2

The ability to form meaningful social relationships in adulthood was dependent on a close, warm and continuous relationship with the mother (or mother figure) in the first few years of one’s life.

Question 3

According To The Maternal Deprivation Hypothesis, Why Is The Parent- Child Relationship Crucial?

Answer 3

Since this relationship acts as a prototype for all future relationships, its disruption would impair the person’s ability to form meaningful relationships.