Infancy Attachment Quality
Introduction
In the early stages of development, the new born gets introduced to the environment, during this period; the life of the individual is shaped from the interactions they connect with. The personality of the individual is shaped at this early stage and care is required to ensure that the individual has a normal life. The parents of the individual are responsible for the shaping of this character. The time spent with the parent is crucial during the development phase of a child. The parent acts as a guide and a protector for the child thus has significant influence over the child. Humans being behavioral animals, the young try to emulate the parent throughout the development stages and to try and impress them by achieving better behaviors. The degree of attachment of the parents to the infants determines the quality of life the individual will experience. Closer relationship between the parent and the individual has shown that the child grows up better in an environment that allows social growth. The person relates better to others in the society and possesses better behavior compared to the child not well connected to the parent. It is thus crucial that the individual experiences some quality time with the parents during the developmental phase of an individual to ensure that the individual grows equipped to relate to the society properly (Talbot, 2009).
Stages of development
The development phase of an individual is a continuous process that takes a life time. The individual grows learning from the daily interactions in which he encounters with the society he lives in. the development is however rapid in some phases during an individual’s life time. The rapid stages are during childhood where this refers to the time of birth to the time before adolescence. During this time the child absorbs the emotions that the individuals around him give, these people are generally the parents of the person or family. These feelings are crucial for the child as they contribute significantly to the growth of the individual. Being brought up in a family that shares joy enables the individual to have positive growth thus relates better to the society. Family that show feelings of resentment to the individual make the individual grow to resent the community in which he grows in. negative growth in the individual makes the individual reflect this form of growth in the adult stage of growth (Doyle, 2009).
Adolescence is the other stages of development that enables the individual to undergo rapid development. The individual is no longer a child and has better understanding of the society. The morals instilled in the individual during the early stages of an individual’s life are better understood by the person and interpreted better. The person is able to make personal decisions based on the assessment of the pros and wrongs of the actions taken. The individual prepared for adult life and thus this stage requires proper handling to ensure that the individual becomes a good example to the society. The stage is marked with need for independence with the individual requiring personal space to make decisions concerning themselves. If not properly monitored, reversing the decisions taken by the individual at these time becomes complex as the morals of the individual are corrupted. Ensuring a proper foundation during foundation is a guaranteed way of ensuring that the development of the individual is incorruptible. Ensuring proper development during the infancy stage of an individual is a way of ascertaining that the child has health life in the future and the interactions with the society are positive. Adult life represents the final stage in the life cycle of human life. All the information learnt by the individual throughout the cycle is manifested in the adult. The adult is tasked with passing the information learnt to younger generation thus a cycle of morals is ensured.
Several theories are utilized to explain the development of individuals though out the development phase. Dependency theory is a significant theory in the understanding of human development. The infant is basically dependent on the care taker for all the needs they require for growth. The individual’s development depended of the level of dependency. Those individuals that are dependent on the caretaker who are available parents tend to develop less compared to those whose parents aren’t available to provide for them. The need to survive in such individual’s enables them to work harder to survive. Moral growth in such individuals is usually compromised as the individual does most of the activities from personal judgment at a young age. Combined development theory relates to the mode in which the individual develops though a combination of factors present in the environment they have grown in. the more the factors that regulate positive development in an individual the better the individual. The infant learns from the interactions from those people that are around the individual. If the people around the infant allow him to develop in the right direction then the infant will have a positive morale in the later stages (Weinfield, 2004).
Development of an infant is also dependent on the environment in which he grows in. he modernization theory implies that the technological advances in which an individual grows in determine his development. In case an individual grows in a society that embraces technology and incorporates it into the life of the child early enough thus the development of the child will be better compared to an individual brought up in an environment that lacks these technology. Development in third world countries doesn’t embrace these technology into the infants compared to the developed countries that encourage the young to utilize the computer at youthful age. The development levels visualized in the adults and teens of the respective countries are testament to the difference in the technological advantage associated with development. The difference is caused by the economic powers of the countries with the underdeveloped nation unable to fund such development (Bureau, 2009).
The growth of infants is dependent on a variety of factors. The individual’s development is a continuous process and controversies to this have been evident. The individual grows gradually in lifetime learning from other individuals and the environmental interactions. The school is a factor that influences an individual’s development. Cases of bullying in the school and joining up of gangs in the school area among other social gatherings are major characteristics of a school environment and the individual’s life is shaped through these groups. The behavior learnt from the peers is reflected in the adult stage. Every person is unique; each individual has a special trait different from other individual. These traits play vital part in the growth of an individual. This is referred to as the nature of a person. In development, hereditary issues are shaping blocks of individual behavior. The behaviors of an individual as a result of the inherited genes enable the individual to grow in a certain manner. The biological factor has been significant contributors to individual’s behavior though inherited genes from the parents (De Minzi, 2010).
Conclusion
The attachment to the parent is an important factor in the individual’s development and can be assessed by studying the conduct of the individual in the latter stages of the individual’s life. Positive interaction with the career of the infant regardless of the blood connection significantly enables the individual have better morals. The development of the individual is a continuous phase taking part throughout all the stages of the individual’s life. The environmental factors such as the people around the individual and the technology advances in the region guarantee the individual better development compared to the individual whose interactions were not pleasant. The biological contributions of the genes from the parents also shape the character of the individual in that the persons tents to behave and believe in such a way similar to the parents. With the proper guidance availed to the individual during the development process, the behavior of the individual tens to be more positive.
References
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