Child and Adult Attachment Styles

Question 1

PROPONENTS:
Infants become attached to the source of pleasure. Those in the oral stage of development become attached to their mothers because she fulfills their oral needs according to…?

Answer 1

Sigmund Freud

Question 2

PROPONENTS:
“Attachment is a lasting psychological connectedness between human beings.” according to…?

Answer 2

John Bowlby

Question 3

PROPONENTS:
Attachment is characterized by clear behavioral and motivation patterns. Children are born with an innate drive to form attachments according to…?

Answer 3

John Bowlby

Question 4

PROPONENTS:
Under John Bowlby’s definition of attachment, ____ and ____ are attachment’s primary determinants.

Answer 4

Nurturance and Responsiveness

Question 5

PROPONENTS:
Under John Bowlby’s definition of attachment, primary caregivers who are responsive to an infant’s needs allow the child to develop a ____ __ ____, making the child see them as dependable, this creating a secure base for the child.

Answer 5

Sense of Security

Question 6

PROPONENTS:
Under Freud’s definition of attachment, _______ _______ Attachment was simply a learned behavior. A learned process.

Answer 6

Behavioral Theories

Question 7

PROPONENTS:
The 3 Major Styles of Attachment: Secure, Ambivalent-Insecure, and Avoidant-Insecure were conceptualized by…?

Answer 7

Mary Ainsworth

Question 8

PROPONENTS:
They added Disorganized-Insecure Attachment in 1986 to Mary Ainsworth’s Major Styles of Attachment.

Answer 8

Main and Solomon

Question 9

PROPONENTS:
Rhesus monkeys separated from their birth mothers would spend most of their days with the surrogate soft cloth mother as opposed to the wire mother whenever they were frightened, as was found in an experiment by….?

Answer 9

Harry Harlow

Question 10

ATTACHMENT STYLES:
LOW avoidance, and LOW anxiety. People with this attachment style are comfortable with intimacy and not worried about rejection/preoccupied with the relationship.

Answer 10

Secure Attachment

Question 11

ATTACHMENT STYLES:
People with a Secure Attachment Style are also referred to as…?

Answer 11

Autonomous

Question 12

ATTACHMENT STYLES:
HIGH avoidance, LOW anxiety. Uncomfortable with closeness and primarily values independence; not worried about partner’s availability.

Answer 12

Avoidant Attachment

Question 13

ATTACHMENT STYLES:
People with an Avoidant Attachment Style are also referred to as…?

Answer 13

Dismissing

Question 14

ATTACHMENT STYLES:
LOW avoidance, HIGH anxiety. Crave closeness and intimacy, very insecure about the relationship.

Answer 14

Anxious Attachment Style

Question 15

ATTACHMENT STYLES:
People with Anxious Attachment Styles are also referred to as…?

Answer 15

Preoccupied

Question 16

ATTACHMENT STYLES:
HIGH avoidance, HIGH anxiety. Uncomfortable with intimacy and worried about partner’s commitment and love.

Answer 16

Disorganized Attachment

Question 17

ATTACHMENT STYLES:
People with a Disorganized Attachment Style are also referred to as…?

Answer 17

Unresolved

Question 18

ATTACHMENT STYLES:
Accepts partner’s need for separatedness without feeling rejected or theratened.

Answer 18

Secure Attachment

Question 19

ATTACHMENT STYLES:
Does not avoid conflict.

Answer 19

Secure Attachment

Question 20

ATTACHMENT STYLES:
Equates intimacy with loss of independence; prefers autonomy to togetherness.

Answer 20

Avoidant Attachment

Question 21

ATTACHMENT STYLES:
Had a sensitive, warm, and caring parent during childhood.

Answer 21

Secure Attachment

Question 22

ATTACHMENT STYLES:
Had an emotionally unavailable parent during childhood.

Answer 22

Avoidant Attachment

Question 23

ATTACHMENT STYLES:
Good in a crisis; non-emotional, takes charge.

Answer 23

Avoidant Attachment

Question 24

ATTACHMENT STYLES:
Needy; requires ongoing reassurance - wants to ”merge” with partner.

Answer 24

Anxious Attachment

Question 25

ATTACHMENT STYLES:
Highly emotional, can be argumentative, combative, angry and controlling. Poor personal boundaries.

Answer 25

Anxious Attachment

Question 26

ATTACHMENT STYLES:
Unpredictable and moody; connects through conflict by ”stirring the pot”.

Answer 26

Anxious Attachment

Question 27

ATTACHMENT STYLES:
Had a parent with an inconsistent attunement with them during childhood.

Answer 27

Anxious Attachment

Question 28

ATTACHMENT STYLES:
Cannot tolerate emotional closeness in a relationship. Argumentative, unable to regulate emotions.

Answer 28

Disorganized Attachment

Question 29

ATTACHMENT STYLES:
Antisocial, lack of empathy and remorse. Narcissistic with no regard for rules.

Answer 29

Disorganized Attachment

Question 30

ATTACHMENT STYLES:
Had a parent who maltreated them: scripting them into past unresolved attachments - and triggering them into anger and fear during childhood.

Answer 30

Disorganized Attachment

Question 31

ATTACHMENT STYLES:
TRUE or FALSE: It is not clear whether attachment serves as an important evolutionary function among adults.

Answer 31

TRUE

Question 32

ATTACHMENT STYLES:
TRUE or FALSE: There is currently sufficient research on adult attachment patterns.

Answer 32

FALSE, more research needs to be established.