21. Influence Of Early Attachment On Later Relationships AO1 Flashcards
What does a persons first attachment act as?
A template future relationships
What is so important about a child’s first attachment?
The quality of the Childs first attachment is crucial because it provides a template that will affect the nature of their future relationships
How would a child with a good first experience of attachment develop?
They will see that this is helpful relationships are meant to be, they will then seek out functional relationships and behave functionally within them
How would a child with a bad first experience of attachment develop?
They will bring these bad experiences to into new relationships, this may mean they struggle to form relationships in the first place OR they do not behave appropriately within them
What kind of attachment influences peoples ability to make friends?
Securely attached children tend to go on to form the best quality childhood friendships
What types of attachment in children make them more or less likely to bully?
- Securely attached infants are less likely to be involved in bullying
- Insecure avoidant children are most likely to be the victims
- insecure resistant are most likely to be the bullies
What is the internal working models affect on parenting?
People base their parenting style on their internal working model so attachment types tend to be passed on through generations of a family.
What did Hazan and Shaver create and why?
I love quiz experiment to explore the idea that there is continuity between early attachment types and the quality of later adult romantic relationships
What type of participants did Hazan and Shaver use?
Volunteers
What did Hazan and Shaver find?
Those who were securely attached as infants tended to have long-lasting relationships, insecurely attached to people found adult relationships more difficult and tended to divorce believing that love was rare
What did Hazan and Shaver conclude?
This supports the idea that childhood experiences have significant impact on peoples attitudes towards relationships later in life
What was Hasan and Shavers study?
Researchers analysed 620 replies to a ‘love quiz’ printed in a local American newspaper
What three things did the love quiz asses?
- current and most important relationship
- General love experiences
- attachment type
What percentage of participants were which attachment types?
- 56% secure
- 25% insecure-avoidant
- 19% insecure-resistant
Who studied the love quiz?
Hazan and shaver
