Attachment theory gives sophisticated accounts of attachment, caregiving, internal working models, and the regulation of behavior, but it does not ordinarily provide an explicit concept for the relatively enduring organization of a person's diverse emotional dispositions toward someone loved. A. F. Shand's technical theory of *sentiments* and Nico Frijda's accounts of concern and action readiness…
Punch’s attachment to his plushie isn’t just the subject of a heart-wrenching video. It harks back to the story of a very famous set of 1950s psychology experiments.
