Yes you raise a great point about using this area of psychology to help us see issues from multiple perspectives--not that any one is necessarily completely correct.
Another response noted, in fact, that there are some critiques fo the original Ainsworth work based on cross cultural norms. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:33:54 +0100 >From: José Ferreira Alves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: [tips] allowing infants to cry >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > >Dear Annete >Thanks a lot for your efforts on clarifying this topic. Even without see >what you saw exploring the background of the author I want to second your >Bottom Line. > >But for me the interest on the question is keeping in the sense that I admit >we can get different grounded answers to the question originally raised > >In a quick search I found the following paper that makes justice to the >complexity of the question > >Celia L. Moore (2006) Maternal Behavior, Infant >Development, and the Question >of Developmental Resources. Developmental psychobiology, 49, 1 > > >I copy-past the abstract > >ABSTRACT: The natural development of maternal and infant behavior occurs in >a >dyad characterized by synchrony and reciprocal interactions. Major concepts >used >to describe and analyze this synchrony were reviewed. It was concluded that >the >dyad undergoes a developmental progression in which each part of the dyad is >both >a developing organism and a reliably changing milieu forming part of the >extended >inheritance of the other. The reliability of inherited resources is rooted >in >interactions essential to life, such as those used to transfer metabolic >needs to >dependent offspring; to stimulation (incidentally but necessarily) >associated with >life-supporting mechanisms; and to perceptual, motor, or learning mechanisms >used >to extract specific resources from the available milieu. The diverse >resources in >extended inheritance contribute to the construction of new traits through >opportunistic shaping or regulating interactions among them that are >unrestricted >by their function at earlier stages > >My best >Jose > >-----Mensagem original----- >De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Enviada: quarta-feira, 18 de Junho de 2008 14:31 >Para: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) >Assunto: Re: [tips] allowing infants to cry > >OK: I received corrected info on Lisa Spiegel backlist. > >I googled her and found ONLY her own website. There she provides personal >anecdotes, testimonials to her advice and a blog on various aspects of >baby-rearing. > >NOTHING SCIENTIFIC, NOTHING ACADEMIC, NOTHING WITH ANY EVIDENCE OTHER THAN >ANECDOTE TO SUPPORT IT. > >Ok, so I went to the scientific side of a search, and I can't believe I just >wasted an hour on this, but I wanted to put closure on this avenue of >information. I searched academic search premier, psychinfo and eric. I FOUND >NOTHING published at all, in any journal, magazine, etc. (Eric will often >drift from science). NOTHING. > >So, whatever she has to say, it's her opinion. I have mine. Oh, the clincher >is that if you want to see more than the first page of her information on >baby issues you have to sign up and join the website--the benefits of which >include: >*Share your MomSense by asking and answering questions in MomAnswers >*Share photos and win daily prizes in the ClubMom Scrapbook >*Indulge daily in over 30 MomBlogs >*Sign up for the newsletters and stay plugged in with other moms > >I AM SO SICK AND TIRED OF THESE PEOPLE GETTING ALL THE MEDIA ATTENTION (AND >MONEY!!!!!!!!!) BY PROMOTING PABLUM THAT PROBABLY DOESN'T WORK FOR MOST >PEOPLE AND ONLY MAKES WOMEN FOR WHOM IT DOESN'T WORK FEEL BAD ABOUT >THEMSELVES AS "BAD MOMS" (or bad whatevers, in this case it happens to be >about moms, but this psychobabble is pervasive. > >Are we losing all the battles AND the war? > >Bottom Line: Forget about anything she has to say, no matter her high >profile in the media. > >Annette > > > > >Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. >Professor of Psychology >University of San Diego >5998 Alcala Park >San Diego, CA 92110 >619-260-4006 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
