John Bowlby

Hi class! Today I'm going to talk about somebody which I admire too much. 

John Bowlby.  He was born in 26 of February of 1907 in London. Was a British psychologist, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, notable for his interest in child development and for his pioneering work in attachment theory. In 1938 He married with Ursula Longstaff. Bowlby died in 1990 at his summer house on the Isle of Skye, Scotland

He grew in typical families of middle class. He was the fourth of six children, all men. He was raised by a nanny. His father, Sir Anthony Bowlby was surgeon of the royal house. John could not see his mother, because his mother considered that if she involved much time with yours son’s, they don’t arise in life.

Bowlby studied psychology and pre-clinical sciences at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1937 he trained in adult psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital where he qualified as a psychoanalyst. Was interested in finding out the patterns of family interaction involved in both healthy and pathological development. He focused on how attachment difficulties were transmitted from one generation to the next.

Attachment theory has been described as the dominant approach to understanding early social development and to have given rise to a great surge of empirical research into the formation of children's close relationships.

I chose Bowlby because for me and much, early bond with children is very important for a good future, socio-emotional, cognitive, etc.