Attachment- Effects Of Early Attachment On Later Relationships

Question 1

What did Kerns suggest about relationships in childhood based on early attachment style?

Answer 1

Secure attachment = good quality peer relationships.

Question 2

What did Wilson and Smith suggest about childhood relationships based on attachment style?

Answer 2

Secure- not involved in bullying.
Insecure resistant- bully.
Insecure avoidant- bullied.

Question 3

What were the method and findings of hazen and shavers Love quiz study?

Answer 3

Questionnaire designed to test internal working model- infant attachment and later relationships.
Published in American newspaper, 620 volunteers.
three sections- most important relationships, general love experiences, feelings in relation to statements.
positive correlation between attachment type and love experience. secure- reliable and loving. insecure resistant- maintaining friendships. insecure avoidant- intimacy and romantic relationships.

Question 4

What was the method and findings of Bailey’s parent and child relationship study?

Answer 4

Assessed attachment style of nearly 100 mothers and infants using strange situation.
found that attachment style with child matched the attachment mothers had with their own mother using interviews

Question 5

What are three strengths of effects of early attachments on later relationships?

Answer 5

Kerns/Wilson and Smith

Hazen and Shaver

Bailey

Question 6

What is a weakness of effects of earlier attachments on later relationships?

Answer 6

Determinism.
Bowlbys research suggests internal working model will influence several childhood/adulthood behaviours.