Freud´s psychoanalytical approach to attachment most notably focused on the oral and anal stages of need gratification in the infant. He also believed the attachment was limited to the mother-infant dyad and did not include other caregivers or individuals in the infant´s life. The image of the mother fulfilling the infant´s needs was believed to leave a lasting impression, or imprinting, on the infant´s brain that then became the base from which the infant formed, perceived, and reacted in other relationships.

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