22. Influence Of Early Attachment On Later Relationships AO3

Question 1

Name two issues with influence of early art mental on later Relationships

Answer 1

• most studies have issues with validity

- influence of attachment on later relationship is exaggerated

Question 3

Explain why using a questionnaire may be an issue

Answer 3

Validity of questionnaires and interviews is limited - depend on respondents being honest - also have to have a realistic view of own relationship

Question 4

Explain an issue with the interviews and questionnaires being completed later in life

Answer 4

Retrospective nature of the assessment- looking back in adulthood at early attachments lacks validity - relies on accurate recollections

Question 5

What do some counter researchers claim about the impact of early attachment on relationships

Answer 5

Researchers describe influence of attachment on later relationships as probabilistic - people aren’t doomed to always have bad relationships because they had attachment issues - just a greater risk of issues

Question 6

Explain why the influence of early attachment being exaggerated may be an issue

Answer 6

By over-emphasising risk we become pessimistic about people’s future

Question 7

Explain why there most studies have issues with the validity

Answer 7

Most studies of attachment don’t use strange situation - assess parent-infant attachment through interviews or questionnaires - not in infancy but later years