John Bowlby - From Psychoanalysis to Ethology by Horst, Frank C.P. van der -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title page Copyright page Dedication About the Author Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Biographical Notes and Early Career

Childhood, Upbringing, and Schooling Studying Medicine at Cambridge Bowlby and Progressive Schooling Different Schools of Psychoanalysis in Interbellum Britain Medical and Psychoanalytic Training From Kleinian Psychoanalysis to Real Life Bowlby’s Forty-four Juvenile Thieves Personal Life During the Pre-war Years Concluding Remarks

2 Loneliness in Infancy: The WHO Report and Issues of Separation

Separation as a Theme Issues of Separation: Evacuation of Children Issues of Separation: Observations in Residential Nurseries Issues of Separation: Visits to Children in Hospital Issues of Separation: Studies on the “Hospitalization Effect” Bowlby and the WHO Report on Deprivation Concluding Remarks

3 Working with James Robertson: The Importance of Observation

4 Bowlby’s Acquaintance with Ethology: The Work of Lorenz, Tinbergen, and Hinde

First Acquaintance with Ethology The Rise of Ethology as a Discipline Lorenz’s The Companion in the Bird’s World Tinbergen’s The Study of Instinct and the Four Whys Bowlby’s Personal Relationships with Lorenz and Tinbergen Early Interactions Between Bowlby and Hinde Hinde’s Early Career and Bowlby’s Subsequent Influence Hinde’s Influence on Bowlby Theoretical Issues: Instinct and Psychoanalysis Theoretical Issues: Environment of Evolutionary Adaptedness Applying Ethology to Attachment Behavior: Tinbergen’s Four Whys Concluding Remarks

5 From Theoretical Claims to Empirical Evidence: Harry Harlow and the Nature of Love

Toward Empirical Confirmation Harlow’s Early Career Ethology and Animal Psychology: Contrasting Approaches to Animal Behavior Harlow and Bowlby Become Acquainted in 1957 Mutual Referencing after 1957 Harlow and Bowlby Finally Meet in 1958 Ethology Further Emphasized in Bowlby’s Work Mutual Contacts: The CIBA Symposia from 1959 to 1965 Bowlby’s Writings in the Early 1960s: Using Harlow’s Empirical Findings as a Secure Base Harlow’s Research in the 1960s: Seeking Empirical Evidence for Bowlby’s Theoretical Claims Bowlby’s Continuing Interest in Harlow’s Work Sociogram Concluding Remarks

6 Mary Ainsworth’s Role in the Study of Attachment

Ainsworth’s Contributions to Attachment Theory Ainsworth’s Early Life and Career William Blatz and Security Theory Working on Separation at the Tavistock Clinic with Bowlby and Robertson Naturalistic Observation in Uganda Back to Baltimore and Back in Touch with Bowlby Ainsworth at the CIBA Symposia in the 1960s The Origin and Development of the Secure Base Concept Developing the Strange Situation Procedure Concluding Remarks

Conclusions

The Role of Observation and Experiment Bowlby’s Method of Theory Construction Theory Construction and the Nature of Theory Change Bowlby’s Scientific Descent

References Name Index Subject Index