Summary of Lydia Denworth's Friendship

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#1 The modern science of friendship began when psychiatrist John Bowlby met ethologist Robert Hinde in 1954. They had been invited to speak at an academic meeting in London, and they became close friends.

#2 Attachment is the basis of friendship, but it is also what makes it so difficult to define. It is a form of socialization that involves emotion, conversation, and the inner workings of the mind. It is not as obvious in other types of social interaction.

#3 Aristotle believed that friendship was one of life’s unalloyed pleasures. He believed that philia came in different flavors: for profit, for pleasure, and for virtue. He also believed that friendship was necessary for all people, rich and poor, young and old, male and female.

#4 The psychologist John Bowlby was the first to recognize the importance of social connection, and he saw it as a basis for morality. He believed that early relationships were of fundamental importance, but when he reviewed the existing research, he could find little that framed the issue the way he saw it.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669380146

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The modern science of friendship began when psychiatrist John Bowlby met ethologist Robert Hinde in 1954. They had been invited to speak at an academic meeting in London, and they became close friends.

#2

attachment is the basis of friendship, but it is also what makes it so difficult to define. It is a form of socialization that involves emotion, conversation, and the inner workings of the mind. It is not as obvious in other types of social interaction.

#3

Aristotle believed that friendship was one of life’s unalloyed pleasures. He believed that philia came in different flavors: for profit, for pleasure, and for virtue. He also believed that friendship was necessary for all people, rich and poor, young and old, male and female.

#4

The psychologist John Bowlby was the first to recognize the importance of social connection, and he saw it as a basis for morality. He believed that early relationships were of fundamental importance, but when he reviewed the existing research, he could find little that framed the issue the way he saw it.

#5

The first work on early childhood dealt with neglect. It was discovered that the children who lived in orphanages were dying from sadness, and that the children who lived with their parents were developing normally.

#6

Bowlby was heavily influenced by the films of Scottish medical researcher James Robertson, which showed the effects of isolation on hospitalized children. He believed that children needed love, and he thought that the two-year-old in the film symbolized this.

#7

The work with macaques brought Hinde into the early world of primatology, where he would become an important mentor. He defined a relationship as the result of repeated interactions between two individuals, and