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Exploring Best Child Development Practices in Contemporary Society
The process in which certain avian species follow and form an attachment to the first moving object they perceive at birth.
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The History and Evolution of Infant-Parental Attachment Security
Erika Nolan (Marymount Manhattan College, USA)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2940-9.ch010
Abstract
From an ethological viewpoint, the term “attachment” refers to the affectional tie developed between two animals that creates a lasting bond. While the term generally refers to animals, for the purpose of this chapter, this term will be used to describe bonds among humans. Mainly, the word attachment will be used to analyze and describe the bond between an infant and his/her primary caregiver. One of the primary characteristics of attachment is the desire to maintain close proximity. This is accomplished through attachment behaviors, which are behaviors that support proximity to the attachment figure.
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Epigenetics
A phenomenon where of the two inherited copies of each gene (alleles), one of them is silenced by epigenetic processes such that only one of them (either from mother or father) is expressed.
Published in Chapter: Epigenetics; From: Examining the Causal Relationship Between Genes, Epigenetics, and Human Health
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Relationship Between Conflict and Deviant Workplace Behavior in Family Business
It is expressed as the stimulation of congenital, instinctive behavioral structures that occur in the early stages of life and are species-specific, very fast, relatively coherent, regular learning or attachment to parents in the early stages of life.
Published in Chapter: Relationship Between Conflict and Deviant Workplace Behavior in Family Business; From: Analyzing Workplace Deviance in Modern Organizations
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