Attachment - 06 Influence of early attachment on childhood and adult relationships, internal working model

Question 1

Who Created the internal working model?

Answer 1

Bowlby (1969)

Question 2

How does an internal working model work?

Answer 2

-Through interaction with a primary attachment figure
-Form a mental representation of this relationship
-This is then applied to all future relationships

Question 3

What is the continuity hypothesis?

Answer 3

States that there will be continuity between early attachment experiences and later relationships