Attachment- Infleunce On Early Attachment On Later Relationships

Question 1

Term: continuity hypothesis

Answer 1

Idea that there is consistently between early emotional experience and later relationships

Question 2

What bowbly suggests about first relationships with attachment figure

Answer 2

• leads to mental representation of this relationship
• internal working model acts as template for future childhood and adult relationships
• continuity in quality/ type of relationship across generations

Question 3

Summary of continuity

Answer 3

• continuity between early attach styles and quality of childhood relationships
• continuity between early attach types and quality of later adult relationships
• continuity between adult attachment types and children- child adopting parenting styles

Question 4

Aim and method of Love Quiz by Hazan and Shaver

Answer 4

A- association between infant attachment type and adult relationship
M- 620 replies, volunteer, newspaper, 3 sections:
1). Current/ most important relationship
2). General love experience
3). Which 3 statements best describe their feelings

Question 5

Results and conclusion of Love Quiz hazan and Shaver

Answer 5

R- pos correlation between infant attachment types and adult romantic love styles
- secure: 56%-long lasting relationship
- insecure avoidant: 25%- fear of intimacy
- insecure resistant: 19%- jealous + obsessive
C- patterns in attachment behaviour are reflected in later romantic relationships

Question 6

Limiations of love quiz

Answer 6

1). Correlations: no cause + effect, could be other factors, low val
2). Retrospective data: old memories, lack validity
3). Self report: un accurate, social desirability, unvalid
4). Sample: volunteer based- interested in love mainly females

Question 7

Weaknesses of internal working model

Answer 7

P- deterministic
E- behav in adult rels pre-determined by childhood experiences leaving no room for free will
C- not everyone w early insecure attachment deemed to be in unhealthy rel
L- limits accuracy, early attachment result in predisposition

P-mythology issues
E- research based on retrospective data as research asks p’s questions about early lives
E- p’s not be sincere- socially desirable
L- questions val

Question 8

Strengths of internal working model

Answer 8

P- supporting research
E- hazan and shaver love quiz + methodology + results
E- Provides evidence to support- link between early emotion experience and later relationships
C- research failed support Zimmerman found attachment styles at 12-18 months didn’t predict quality of late relationships
L- not clear extent qual of early attachment really predicts later development
P- real world app
E- knowing child’s attachment status provides opp to intervene- ed system developed curriculum which educates young people on healthy relationships