El Apego / Attachment

La colecci?n Esenciales de Psicolog?a, recoger? los mejores t?tulos de Paid?s, iniciando con El apego, de John Bowlby, uno de los grandes longsellers del sello.

«La publicaci?n de este libro marca un hito en la historia del psicoan?lisis y de la psicolog?a en general , dijo The Times Literary Supplement en el momento de la aparici?n de la trilog?a El apego y la p?rdida.

En El apego, Bowlby examina la naturaleza de los v?nculos del ni?o con la madre a trav?s de sus c?lebres y cuidadosas investigaciones sobre el enorme impacto que conlleva la temprana separaci?n de la figura materna. Asimismo, muestra c?mo los estudios emp?ricos con ni?os nos han hecho descubrir pautas conductuales muy concretas, que han quedado posteriormente confirmados por las ciencias biol?gicas. Bowlby deja muy claro que el apego humano es una reacci?n instintiva y tan trascendental para nuestra supervivencia como la alimentaci?n y la reproducci?n.

Comenzando con una discusi?n de la conducta instintiva, su causalidad, funcionamiento y ontogenia, Bowlby procede a una formulaci?n te?rica de la conducta de apego: c?mo se desarrolla, c?mo se mantiene y qu? funciones cumple.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The Essentials of Psychology collection will collect the best titles of Paid?s, starting with The Attachment, by John Bowlby, one of the great longsellers of the imprint.

"The publication of this book marks a milestone in the history of psychoanalysis and psychology in general," said The TimesLiterary Supplement at the time of the appearance of the Attachment and Loss trilogy.

In Attachment, Bowlby examines the nature of the child's attachment to the mother through his celebrated and careful research into the enormous impact of early separation from the mother figure. It also shows how empirical studies with children have led us to discover very specific behavioural patterns, which have subsequently been confirmed by the biological sciences.

Bowlby makes it very clear that human attachment is an instinctive reaction and as transcendental to our survival as feeding and reproduction.

Beginning with a discussion of instinctive behavior, its causality, functioning, and ontogeny, Bowlby proceeds to a theoretical formulation of attachment behavior: how it develops, how it is maintained, and what functions it serves.