... the time spent in the mother's womb due to shape of the pelvic girdle of the now upright human, this meant that the brain carried on developing long after its birth and so depended on the parents longer, because of this a greater commitment was needed from the father and so would be another trait looked for in a potential male. Trivers.1972 ... this. Once we are born the main concern of everyone around us is whether we are male or female, before the birth older siblings may be asked whether they want a brother or sister, there are either boy or girl birth cards, many people delay buying...

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... ;cupboard love' explanation. Indeed he proposed that personality is developed through an attachment process whereby babies are innately programmed to form attachments to their mothers as key attachment figures from birth. While early stages of the process do have survival value as the child achieves protection and nutrition, Bowlby noted that feeding was not the basis of the relationship. Rather the ... importance of mothers to attachment security in the Metera Babies Centre in Athens, (Vorria et al. 2003) found that 66% of infants who had been reared in residential care from birth showe...

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