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What part of Bowlby’s Monotropic Theory relates to the influence of early attachments on later relationships?

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Internal working model

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Define internal working model

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Infant’s mental representation of their relationship with their primary attachment figure - thought to act as a template for future relationships

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Why is the first infant-caregiver relationship (primary attachment) important?

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Acts as internal working model for infant, creating a template of how they treat others + expect to be treated in future relationships

This long lasting effect can be described using CONTINUITY HYPOTHESIS

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What is the continuity hypothesis?

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Idea that early relationships with caregivers predict later relationships (in later childhood + adulthood)

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What kind of later relationships are people with Secure (B) early attachments generally supposed to have?

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Functional, good relationships

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What kind of later relationships are people with Insecure (A+C) early attachments generally supposed to have?

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Less good future relationships

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What later relationships are looked at?

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  • Relationships in childhood (with other children + adults)
  • Romantic relationships in adulthood
  • Parental relationships in adulthood
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How are early attachments thought to influence childhood relationships?

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Impact quality of friendships + involvement in issues such as bullying

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What childhood relationships are expected from an Insecure-Avoidant (A) early attachment?

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  • Struggle to make friends, displaying avoidant behaviour (e.g. keeping to themselves, being emotionally disconnected to others)
  • Often bullied
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What childhood relationships are expected from an Insecure-Resistant (C) early attachment?

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  • Struggle to make friends, displaying resistant behaviour (e.g. may manipulate friendships, seeking attention/control, but also showing dislike/anger towards others)
  • Often bully others
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Who did research to support the continuity hypothesis of early attachments affecting childhood relationships?

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Wilson + Smith (1998)

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Outline the research by Wilson + Smith (1998)

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Aim:
To assess attachment types’ links to childhood bullying behaviour

Procedure:

  • 196 children from London (age 7-11)
  • Did standard questionnaire

Findings:

  • Avoidant (A): Often bullied
  • Secure (B): Unlikely to be involved in bullying
  • Resistant (C): Often bully

Conclusion:
Early attachment type does affect childhood relationships, which can be seen in bullying behaviour patterns

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Who did research to support the continuity hypothesis of early attachments affecting adult romantic relationships, suggested originally by McCarthy?

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Hazan + Shaver (1987)

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Who originally suggested that romantic relationships are affected by early attachments?

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McCarthy (1999)

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What type of romantic relationships did McCarthy suggest Securely Attached (B) children had?

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Good, trusting, long-lasting relationships

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What type of romantic relationships did McCarthy suggest Insecure-Avoidant (A) children had?

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Avoid close romantic relationships, struggle with intimacy

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What type of romantic relationships did McCarthy suggest Insecure-Resistant (C) children had?

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Struggle to maintain romantic relationships, often argumentative, obsessive and controlling

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Outline the research by Hazan + Shaver (1987)

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Aim:
To access attachment type’s link to later life romantic relationships

Procedure:

  • ‘The love quiz’ questionnaire in Rocky Mountain News
  • 620 replies analysed
  • Format of questionnaire:
    1) Assessed most important current relationship
    2) Assessed general love experiences
    3) Assessed attachment type

Findings:

  • Secure (56%) - Good, trusting, long-lasting romances
  • Avoidant (25%) - Avoid romances, distant, fear intimacy
  • Resistant - Struggle to maintain romances, obsessive, controlling, argumentative

Conclusion:
Early attachment type does affect later romantic relationships

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How is parenting style thought to be affected by early attachments?

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Those with secure attachment type will be best parents - have a good internal working model of how to be a parent

20
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Who did research to support the continuity hypothesis of early attachments affecting adult parental relationships?

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Bailey et al (2007)

21
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Outline the research of Bailey et al (2007)

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Aim:
To assess attachment types’ link to later life parental relationships

Procedure:
- Used ‘Strange Situation’ procedure to compare attachment types of 99 mothers to their own mother and to their child

Findings:
- Majority of mothers formed same parental attachment type (to their child) as their early attachment type (to their mother)

Conclusion:
- Early attachment type does affect later life parental relationships

22
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What animal research can also be used to support the continuity hypothesis?

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Harlow (1958)

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How do Harlow’s findings support the continuity hypothesis?

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Deprived/prived monkeys (without secure internal working model)

  • Struggled to form healthy adult relationships (aggressive, etc)
  • Struggled to form healthy parental relationships (often reject own children, etc)
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Give a positive evaluation point for the theory that early attachment type has an impact on later life relationships

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Research support

  • Childhood - Wilson + Smith (1998 - Bullying study)
  • Romantic - Hazan + Shaver (1987 - Love Quiz)
  • Parental - Bailey et al (2007 - Strange Situation mother comparison)
  • Fearon + Roisman (2017) reviewed all of this collective research + agreed that early attachment does affect later life

BUT… All of these studies have small individual methodological issues (e.g. Hazan + Shaver’s Love Quiz: local, volunteer sample lacks generalisability)

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Give 2 negative evaluation points for the theory that early attachment type has an influence on later life relationships

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Alternative explanations are less reductionist

  • Law of continuity may be too reductionist, placing too much emphasis on the role of the internal working model
  • Kagan suggested innate individual differences (e.g. temperament) can also have affect on both early attachments + later relationships

Debates - Deterministic

  • Suggests that early relationships create an internal working model that pre-determines all future relationships
  • Can leave people feeling out of control and doomed

BUT… Clarke + Clarke (1998) said that influence of early attachment is probabilistic, increasing likelihood to have reflective later relationships but not dictating this for certain, so there is chance to make change

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