Attachment - Influence of Early Attachment on Childhood and Adult Relationships Flashcards
What is the internal working model?
The template for future relationships
When do we form our internal working model?
In infancy
What is the internal working model based on?
Attachment style with primary caregiver
What does our internal working model provide us with expectations of?
Expectations of what we think relationships should be/look like
Secure attachment impact on childhood
Healthy and positive outlook on how relationships work resulting in healthy and positive friendships in childhood
Secure attachment impact on romantic relationships
Will cause securely attached to form healthy and positive romantic relationships
Insecure-avoidant attachment impact on childhood
Emotionally unavailable causing them to be lonely/isolated in childhood. Puts them at risk of being bullied because they haven’t got a group of friends to support them
Insecure-avoidant attachment impact on romantic relationships
Struggle to have romantic relationships or even have no interest in forming them
Insecure-resistant attachment impact on childhood
Controlling, argumentative and manipulative due to trust issues. They will bully others as a means of expressing control over them
Insecure-resistant attachment impact on romantic relationships
They will have trust issues - E.g. texting partner all the time, not letting partner go out without them or accusing them of different things
Who conducted the ‘Love quiz’ in a local American newspaper?
Hazan and Shaver
What did Hazan and Shaver ask people in their ‘love quiz’?
Asked people about their childhood attachments and views on romantic love
What did Hazan and Shaver find a strong correlation between?
Childhood attachment and ideas on romantic love
How many people filled out the ‘love quiz’?
620 (large sample-size)
What percentage of respondents in the ‘love quiz’ classified themselves as secure?
56%
What percentage of respondents in the ‘love quiz’ classified themselves as insecure-avoidant?
25%
What percentage of respondents in the ‘love quiz’ classified themselves as insecure-resistant?
19%
Beliefs of the securely attached in Hazan and Shaver’s study
Love is enduring, had mutual trust and were less likely to get divorced
Beliefs of the insecurely attached in Hazan and Shaver’s study
Felt love was rare, fell in and out of love easily, found relationships less east and were more likely to be divorced
Positive evaluation of the influence of early attachment on childhood and adult relationships: research support
The research conducted by Hazan and Shaver support ideas of the internal working model
Negative evaluation of the influence of early attachment on childhood and adult relationships: causation
Just because there is a relationship between two factors (attachment and relationships), doesn’t mean there is a causal relationship
Negative evaluation of the influence of early attachment on childhood and adult relationships: causation explanation
Other variables could affect that child’s peer friendships or their later romantic relationships
Negative evaluation of the influence of early attachment on childhood and adult relationships: the use of self report
Filling out a questionnaire about these topics could be a problem as respondents could lie by giving back socially desirable feedback which would make the results less valid
Negative evaluation of the influence of early attachment on childhood and adult relationships: retrospective data
Looking back on the past is an issue as there is a possibility of memory faults
