Attachment - Influence of Early Attachment on Childhood and Adult Relationships

Question 1

What is the internal working model?

Answer 1

The template for future relationships

Question 2

When do we form our internal working model?

Answer 2

In infancy

Question 3

What is the internal working model based on?

Answer 3

Attachment style with primary caregiver

Question 4

What does our internal working model provide us with expectations of?

Answer 4

Expectations of what we think relationships should be/look like

Question 5

Secure attachment impact on childhood

Answer 5

Healthy and positive outlook on how relationships work resulting in healthy and positive friendships in childhood

Question 6

Secure attachment impact on romantic relationships

Answer 6

Will cause securely attached to form healthy and positive romantic relationships

Question 7

Insecure-avoidant attachment impact on childhood

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Insecure-avoidant attachment impact on romantic relationships

Answer 8

Struggle to have romantic relationships or even have no interest in forming them

Question 9

Insecure-resistant attachment impact on childhood

Answer 9

Controlling, argumentative and manipulative due to trust issues. They will bully others as a means of expressing control over them

Question 10

Insecure-resistant attachment impact on romantic relationships

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Who conducted the ‘Love quiz’ in a local American newspaper?

Answer 11

Hazan and Shaver

Question 12

What did Hazan and Shaver ask people in their ‘love quiz’?

Answer 12

Asked people about their childhood attachments and views on romantic love

Question 13

What did Hazan and Shaver find a strong correlation between?

Answer 13

Childhood attachment and ideas on romantic love

Question 14

How many people filled out the ‘love quiz’?

Answer 14

620 (large sample-size)

Question 15

What percentage of respondents in the ‘love quiz’ classified themselves as secure?

Answer 15

56%

Question 16

What percentage of respondents in the ‘love quiz’ classified themselves as insecure-avoidant?

Answer 16

25%

Question 17

What percentage of respondents in the ‘love quiz’ classified themselves as insecure-resistant?

Answer 17

19%

Question 18

Beliefs of the securely attached in Hazan and Shaver’s study

Answer 18

Love is enduring, had mutual trust and were less likely to get divorced

Question 19

Beliefs of the insecurely attached in Hazan and Shaver’s study

Answer 19

Felt love was rare, fell in and out of love easily, found relationships less east and were more likely to be divorced

Question 20

Positive evaluation of the influence of early attachment on childhood and adult relationships: research support

Answer 20

The research conducted by Hazan and Shaver support ideas of the internal working model

Question 21

Negative evaluation of the influence of early attachment on childhood and adult relationships: causation

Answer 21

Just because there is a relationship between two factors (attachment and relationships), doesn’t mean there is a causal relationship

Question 22

Negative evaluation of the influence of early attachment on childhood and adult relationships: causation explanation

Answer 22

Other variables could affect that child’s peer friendships or their later romantic relationships

Question 23

Negative evaluation of the influence of early attachment on childhood and adult relationships: the use of self report

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Negative evaluation of the influence of early attachment on childhood and adult relationships: retrospective data

Answer 24

Looking back on the past is an issue as there is a possibility of memory faults