Before revision: Early Child Development and Care, 180(1-2), 1-8 Theoretical Perspectives Psychoanalytic Theory Sigmund Freud generally assumed that early in life, a young infant’s primary attachment object would be its mother because the mother fulfills the infant’s oral desires through feeding.Shaffer, D. (2008).
After revision: Early Child Development and Care, 180(1-2), 1-8 Theoretical Perspectives Psychoanalytic Theory Sigmund Freud postulated that early in life, a young infant’s primary attachment object would be its mother because the mother fulfills the infant’s oral desires through feeding.Shaffer, D. (2008).