Usually, however, human behavior is not caused by the direct application of physical force, but is controlled by habit patterns acquired
in earlier social experience.
The study reveals that an infant born in the wet season will have
early social experiences which are very different from an infant born when times are harder.
van IJzendoorn provides a straightforward, authoritative overview of attachment theory and a description of patterns of attachment relationships.3 His description of research findings focuses on the question of whether variation in attachment is a function
of early social experience with the caregiver or genetic factors, including temperament.
«It seems likely that these differences
in early social experience will affect the ability to acquire information about their social environment and possibly influence the style of behaviour adopted as an adult,» says Bartlett.
By influencing
early social experience in prairie voles, researchers hope to gain greater insight into what aspects of early social experience drive diversity in adult social behavior.
Very simply, altering
their early social experience influenced adult bonding.
We also discuss the roles of early temperament,
early social experience, and maternal overprotectiveness versus close temporal experience in developing internalizing problems.