Influence of Attachments

Question 1

Influence of attachments evaluation

Answer 1

Bullies continue quizzes on Bowlby and correlations

Question 2

Sroufe et al. findings

Answer 2

link between early attachment type and later social competence
those classified as secure = less isolated, more popular with peers and more empathetic as older children

Question 3

Myron-Watson and Smith
assessment and findings

Answer 3

assessed attachment type and bullying behaviour
secure = unlikely involved in bullying
avoidant = most likely victim of bullying
resistant = most likely the bullies

Question 4

Hazan and Shaver procedure

Answer 4

published a ‘love’ quiz in a newspaper to gather information about early attachment experiences
analysed 205 male responses and 415 female response (620 total)

Question 5

Hazan and Shaver findings

Answer 5

secure = tended to have happy, longer lasting relationships as adults–> believed love enduring and based on mutual trust
insecure = found relationships harder, more likely to divorce and have shorter relationships –> felt true love was rare

Question 6

what is one weakness of research into influence of early attachments?

Answer 6

it is mostly correlational:
c/e cannot be est. so can’t say early attachment causes later relationship behaviours, just that there is a link between them
other factors may influence later relationships that aren’t considered, e.g. childhood experience or previous relationships

Question 7

what is a strength of (some) research into early attachments?

Answer 7

some research supports Bowlby’s theory of the IWM and how our early attachments with our PAF can’t influence our later relationships.