Attachment: Chaoter 4 - Influence Of Early Attachment On Later Relationships

Question 1

What is internal working models?

Answer 1

Mental representations of the world and relationships which influence how we feel and behave

Question 2

What are people with secure internal working models like

Answer 2

Likely to develop secure attachments as adults, and are more likely to be trusting, confident and open in their relationships

Question 3

What are people with insecure internal working models like

Answer 3

More likely to have unstable, insecure relationships as adults. Suspicious and wary of forming any close relationships

Question 4

What was bowlby’s hypothesis?

Answer 4

Early attachments create internal working models about relationships which continue to affect later relationships - continuity hypothesis