Early Attachment Flashcards
What is the internal working model
The internal working model provides framework of what to expect of future relations and the security of future ships they form due to infant and caregiver interactions if a loving interaction and bond there will be a positive framework which may lead to loving secure relationships and vice Vera
What was the aim of harden and shaved
They wanted to see the influence of early attachment in loving relationships
What was the procedure of the haze and shaver
They posted a love quiz on an American newspaper they has three questions about early attachment with parents and past relationships and current relationships
What were the findings of the love quiz
They found that 56% were securely attached 25% were insecurely attaches avoidant and 19% resitant those that were insecure complained of feeling jealous and fearing intimacy
What was the conclusion of the love quiz
Those that had secure loving early attachment were more likely to form loving and secure relationships in the future
What was kerns
He researched the effect on early attachment and children relationship he found that those who had more secure attachment with primary caregivers where likely to form better friendships in school and longer stronger friendships and those with weaker relationships with caregiver attachments led to weaker relationships with friends
Those who were insecurely resistant were more likely to be the bulky and the insecure avoidant is usually the victim
What is the strength
Practical applications has led to practical applications in the adoption agencies to ensure that infants are adopted before the age of wo years this is a strength as it ensures that infants are able to form an internal framework and be able to form a secure attachment so the infants are not negatively affected in the future having knowledge of the influence of early attachment has led to an improvement in lives of those in care
What is a weakness
The khachove twins they had a insecure poor early attachment they were locked in a cupboard and lived in isolation until the age of 7 they were later adopted and shown love and fully recovered this is a weakness as the twins has a poor attachment yet they were able to recover and form stable and healthy relationships this refutes the idea that a lack of attachment leads to negative internal frame work thus decreasing the validity of the theory
What is the weakness
The evidence is correlations rather than experimentaln we know that there is correlation between a good quality attachment and forming positive relationships in the future however it is not experimental and we cannot prove that good quality attachment caused a influence on future relationships Megan also suggested that temermant played a role in affecting relationship in the future and temperament may be affected by early attatchment type thus this may be a third factor joint the variable however as the theory doesn’t account for this factor it decreases the validity of the theroyj of indulgence of early attachment. On attachment
