attachment - relationships

Question 1

what is meant by the internal working model

Answer 1

according to Bowlby, infants develop a schema based on their attachment to their primary caregiver, this schema acts as a template to how how their future relationships will work

Question 2

what does the continuity hypothesis suggest

Answer 2

an individuals future relationships will follow a pattern based on their internal working model

Question 3

what did hazen and shaver argue

Answer 3

an adults relationship type is a continuation of their infant attachment style and secure children will be more socially capable than insecure types.

Question 4

what does Bowlbys maternal deprivation theory suggest

Answer 4

children with a disrupted attachment with their primary caregiver in the critical period have problems with social, emotional and intellectual development, affecting adult relationships

Question 5

what is hazan and shavers love quiz

Answer 5

assessed child hood attachment types and the participants adults relationship styles

Question 6

what were hazan and shavers findings from their love quiz

Answer 6

• 56% were securely attached and looked for balance between closeness and independence
• 25% were avoidant who avoided intimacy
• 19% who were resistant couldn’t cope well with independence
• there was a correlation between adult and child attachment types

Question 7

what are the strengths of relationships

Answer 7

• McCarthy studied women who were assessed using the strange situation as infants. it was found adults with long lasting and secure friendships and relationships were securely attached in infancy
• Myron-Wilson found children assessed as bullies had low scores in parental warmth and high scores in parental neglect. those assessed as victims scored highly on parental punitiveness ( punishments )

Question 8

what are the weaknesses of relationships

Answer 8

• Kagan’s temperament hypothesis suggests infants and adults relationships are due to inherited temperament. high reactivity babies grow into inhibited and anxious adults and low reactive infants grow into outgoing adults
• early attachment research is correlational so it is impossible to establish a cause and effect relationship between early childhood attachment and later adult relationship styles; there may be another variable such as poverty