Explain the key assumptions of evolutionary theories of development, including attachment theory.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Evolutionary theories of behavior seek to establish behavior patterns that would have increased survival to reproductive age and reproduction.
2. Social skills and language that are acquired in the first two years would have increased the likelihood of acceptance of the individual within the social group, which in turn would increase survival to adulthood.
3. Attachment theory is partly evolutionary in the sense that humans evolved behaviors that increased the proximity of parent to child, which in turn increases the survival rate of babies.
4. These behaviors include infants' crying and seeking attention and parents' desire to take care of the helpless infant.
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