... and nutrition, Bowlby noted that feeding was not the basis of the relationship. Rather the basis of the relationship was a deep affectionate bond between mother and child, which itself becomes an important part of personality. According to Bowlby this bond serves as an internal working model and basis for all future relationships from infancy to adult life. After the age of five ... the end of the first year cried relatively little and were securely attached." (Ainsworth & Bowlby, 1991). Mothers who rejected their infants led to infants developing avoidant-insecure behaviours. Ainsworth...

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... needed from the father and so would be another trait looked for in a potential male. Trivers.1972 Also because humans could mate at anytime a male would be more likely to bond with her and guard her from other males to ensure any offspring are his. In modern times this behaviour of guarding is seen as one of the lesser desirable trait ... ...

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