Early Attahment On Later Relationships

Question 1

Internal working model

Answer 1

1. Quality of first relationship acts as template
2. A loving and reliable first relationships suggests that’s how they’re meant to be (type A)
3. Visa versa for Type C

Question 2

Relationships in later childhood

Answer 2

1. Quality is associated with peer relationships in childhood
2. Securely attached will have good friendships
3. 200 children given questionnaire, aged 7-11
4. Bullying predicted by attachment type

Question 3

Study into link between attachment and bullying

Answer 3

1. Questionnaire for children aged 7-11
2. Assessed attachment type
3. Secure: unlikely to be involved
4. Avoidant: the victim
5. Resistant: the bully

Question 4

Study into attachment and adulthood relationships

Answer 4

1. 40 adult women whose attachment was assessed in infancy
2. Secure: best romantic and peer relationships
3. Avoidant: struggled with intimacy
4. Resistant: problems maintain relationships

Question 5

Classic love quiz study

Answer 5

1. 620 responded to newspaper questionnaire
2. Three sections assessing current then general relationship experience, third section assessed attachment
3. Secure: good, long lasting relationships
4. Avoidant: jeaslous and scared of intimacy
5. Reflect patterns of attachment on later relationships

Question 6

Adulthood as a parent

Answer 6

1. IWM affects ability to parent
2. Baileys study showed that 99 mother attachment type was generally the same as child attachment type ( strange situation)

Question 7

Evidence on continuity of attachment type is mixed

Answer 7

1. Attachment type predicting later relationships is mixed
2. Lots of study’s for
3. One found no relationship between quality of infant and adolescent attachment
4. Does not support IWM

Question 8

Issues of validity

Answer 8

1. Most do not use strange situation but questionnaire
2. And also not assessed in infancy but later years
3. Problem of not accurate recall of baby attachment
4. Problem of lying
5. Problem that not all use the same measure so hard to compare

Question 9

Association does not show causality

Answer 9

1. Could be parenting style that affects both attachment and later relationships
2. Child’s temperament could also affect both these factors
3. Could be IWM is not that causal factor