Critical Period of Attachment

Question 1

When must attachment develop?

Answer 1

Within the first three years.

Question 2

What happens if attachment doesn’t happen within the first three years?

Answer 2

Attachment may not develop.

Question 3

What happens if a child does not develop attachment?

Answer 3

• They may have social and emotional difficulties later in life.
• They may have trouble forming and maintaining relationships.

Question 4

What does the maternal deprivation hypothesis state?

Answer 4

If a child is deprived of a caregiver within the critical period, there could be long-term effects.

Question 5

What was the method in Hazan and Shaver (1987)?

Answer 5

• Developed a two-part ‘love-quiz’ that was published in a local newspaper.
• The first part asked questions about the attachment between the person and their parents.
• The second part looked at what the person’s current opinions were on romantic love.

Question 6

What were the results of Hazan and Shaver (1987)?

Answer 6

• There was a correlation between the childhood experiences of attachment and the current opinions of romantic love.
• People who did not have happy relationships with their parents has insecure-avoidant or insecure-resistant views of romantic love.

Question 7

What is an insecure-avoidant attachment characterised by in relationships?

Answer 7

A fear of intimacy.

Question 8

What is an insecure-resistant attachment characterised by in relationships?

Answer 8

Anxiety over the level of love recieved.

Question 9

What was concluded in Hazan and Shaver (1987)?

Answer 9

Showed evidence of Bowlby’s Internal Working Model.

Question 10

What is a limitation of Hazan and Shaver (1987)?

Answer 10

• The study was a volunteer sample so the study could have attracted a particular type of person.