Childhood Influence On Adult Relationships Flashcards
What are the three behavioural systems?
Sexuality
Caregiving
Attachment
What concept does attachment link to?
Bowlby internal working model
What is the internal working model?
It’s the idea that our primary attachments and experiences influence later life. Our Initial attachment with our primary caregiver promotes an internal working model which sets the standard for future for future adult relationships.
Our interaction with peers is another way childhood can influence our adult relationships who proposed this idea?
This idea was proposed by qualter et al
“Sense of value”
Qualter et al
“Training ground”
Nangle et al
What happens when specific childhood experiences become internalised
A child develops sense of value
How did nangle characterise the skills of close friendships?
Alliance
Intimacy
Affection
What did fraley find?
He found a positive correlation between early attachment types and attachment types
What did shaver et al propose?
Shaver proposed the idea we get our experiences of love in adult relationships from an integration of 3 behavioural systems