Chapter 1

Question 1

Describe secure attachment

Answer 1

comfortable with intimacy and interdependence - Low anxiety, low avoidance

Question 2

Describe preoccupied attachment:

Answer 2

Nervously depend on others for approval - High anxiety, low avoidance

Question 3

Describe dissmissing attachment:

Answer 3

avoidant - intimacy is not worth it - dont care if others dont like them
Low anxiety, high avoidance

Question 4

Describe fearful attachment:

Answer 4

avoidant - avoid intimacy because of fear of rejection, but they want others to like them
High anxiety, high avoidance of intimacy

Question 5

The seven dimensions of intimacy

Answer 5

Knowledge
Interdependence
Care
Trust
Responsiveness
Mutuality
Commitment

Question 6

List major influences that impact relationships

Answer 6

Culture
Experience
Human nature
Interactions

Question 7

Attachment styles in children

Answer 7

Secure: happily bonded with other and relied on them - relaxed trust
Anxious-ambivalent: when attentive care was unpredictable - fretful mixed feelings, being uncertain of when a caregiver would return became nervous and clingy
Avoidant: hostile adults - withhdrew from others suspicious and not trusting