Influence Of Early Attachment

Question 1

Hazan and shaver love quiz aim

Answer 1

To see how early attachments affect adult relationships

Question 2

Hazan and shaver method

Answer 2

Researchers analysed 620 replies to a love quiz printed in an American local paper the quiz had 3 sections. 1 current or most important relationships. 2, general love experience. 3, attachment type assessed by identifying statements to match feelings

Question 3

Hazan and shaver findings

Answer 3

56% secure, 25% insecure avoidant, 19% insecure resistant

Question 4

Secure - adult a type

Answer 4

Had best friendships and relationships

Question 5

Insecure resistant - adult a

Answer 5

Problems maintaining relationships

Question 6

Insecure avoidant - adult a

Answer 6

Difficulties with intimacy in romantic relationships

Question 7

How does internal working model effect relationships in adulthood as a parent

Answer 7

Plays role in how child parents their own child in the future - the majority of women had the same attachment classification both to their babies and their own mother

Question 8

Strength of influence do early attachment on later relationships

Answer 8

Research evidence is mixed, continuity between childhood attachment and later relationships
Concept of internal working model has practical application, could be applied in couple therapy

Question 9

Weakness of influence of early attachment on later relationships

Answer 9

Problems of validity, self report techniques rely on honesty, memory may have a limiting accuracy
Association doesn’t mean causality, can’t talk about cause and effect and be sure that internal working memory is the main variable p, what about temperament of child or the way the parents reared them.