In earlier posts I have argued that the Grand Bowlbian Attachment Environment (GBAE) holds the behavioral systems of caregiving, attachment, and sex. Bowlby’s ethological studies (e.g., the study of animal behavior) revealed to him that one of the greatest challenges facing the animal world was how to go about balancing and harmonizing the motivations arising from […]
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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
February 24, 2011
UPDATE: Don’t Mess with the Grand Bowlbian Attachment Environment
Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
December 18, 2010
Parents’ group scolds TV shows for sexualizing young girls – Yahoo! News
Parents’ group scolds TV shows for sexualizing young girls – Yahoo! News. Pop quiz — After I posted my December 17th, 2010, post entitled “Bowlby Goes to the Movies,” I ran across the above article over at YahooNews. I immediately hit my WordPress “PressThis” button because this article would be a great pop quiz for […]
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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
December 17, 2010
Bowlby Goes to the Movies
In my post of December 14th, 2010, I suggested that, today, Bowlby’s theory of attachment is framed every which way but the way in which Bowlby framed it. Here’s a listing of the attachment frames that I am aware of (and there may be others): Reductionism—RAD or reactive attachment disorder would be an example Conservative […]
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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
December 9, 2010
Q – Do Mothers (Therapists) Really Attach to Their Babies (Clients)?
Q – Do mothers (therapists) really attach to their babies (clients)? A – George Lakoff—cognitive scientist turned political frame guru—tells an interesting anecdote. Apparently a liberal journalist was interviewing then Vice President Dick Cheney. After the journalist posed his question to the VP, Cheney thought for a moment and simply stated: “I don’t accept the […]
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Posted by Rick Leonhardt on
September 7, 2010
UPDATE – Norbert Wiener Also Bridged Mechanical and Biological Worlds
In my August 10th, 2010, post, I wrote the following (with my addition in brackets): In this section of vol. I [of Bowlby’s trilogy on attachment theory at about page 41], Bowlby deftly moves back and forth between mechanical systems and mechanical forms of linking and integrating (often referred to as cybernetics) and biological forms of […]
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