Main articles: Pet and AnthrozoologyHuman–animal bond: human to animal contact is known to reduce the physiological characteristics of stress.Human bonding with an emu in Australia.Human bonding with ...
Main articles: Affectional bond and Attachment theoryIn 1958, British developmental psychologist John Bowlby published the ground-breaking paper "the Nature of the Child's Tie to his Mother," in which ...
Main article: Pair bondThe term pair bond originated in 1940 in reference to mated pairs of birds. It is a generic term signifying a monogamous or relatively monogamous relationship in either humans o ...
In the 4th century BC, the Greek philosopher Plato argued that love directs the bonds of human society. In his Symposium, Eryximachus, one of the narrators in the dialog, states that love goes far bey ...
The term comes from the 12th century, Middle English word band, which refers to something that binds, ties, or restrains. In early usage, a bondman, bondwoman, or bondservant was a feudal serf that wa ...
Human bonding is the process of development of a close, interpersonal relationship. It most commonly takes place between family members or friends, but can also develop among groups such as sporting t ...