Title: Obsolete Perspective and "Bad Science"
Review: This is a behaviorists attempt to explain a concept that has been recognized by poets for millennia; "love." While the behaviorist's perspective is perhaps a valid one, Bowlby attempts to "prove" the existence of a "primary attachment" (a concept first advanced by Freud in 1912) through a science experiment not worthy of a 7th grader. He then attempts to support that "proof" with anecdotal evidence. Virtually every premise presented by Bowlby was destroyed by the work of Dr. Michael Lamb shortly after Bowlby published "Attachment" (See "The Role of Father"). Read this book if you have insomnia. But under NO circumstances should this book be viewed as authoritative in the development of children.
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