Year: 1993
Type: article
Abstract: This chapter piovides a review of the empincal hteiature on the relationship between the quahty of attachment and cognitive development First, a bnef review of attachment theory is presented and the mfluencc of the attachment bond between carc-giver and child on the child's cognitive development is exammed theoretically Subsequently, the empincal literature is reviewed, focusmg on exploratory and problem-solvmg competence, parental teaching style, metacogmtion and high-nsk samples Despite a number of caveats, the authors conclude that the findings of the research reviewed are promising At the close of the chapter, the authors present a heunstic model of the lelationship between attachment and cognition, which pomts to possible directions for future research
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2288475572