Influence Of Early Attachment

Question 1

Bowlby suggested that the internal working model works as a prototype for later attachment with affects the quality of relationships in childhood and adulthood.

Answer 1

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Question 2

What are the characteristics of an insecure resistant child

Answer 2

• trust issue, bully, crave attachment but live in fear of the attachment breaking

Question 3

What are the characteristics of an insecure avoidant child

Answer 3

Isolated, vulnerable, victim of bullying

Question 4

Outline Kerns (1994) research into attachment type and later relationships

Answer 4

• research suggested that attachment type is associated with peer relationships
• securely attached = better relationships in later childhood
• insecurely attached = problems with friendships

Question 5

Outline Myron-Wilson and Smith (1998) into attachment type and bullying

Answer 5

• questionnaire of 196 children aged 7-11
• secure children unlikely to be involved
• insecure avoidant more likely to be victims
• insecure resistant more likely to bully

Question 6

Outline Hazan and Shaver’s (1987) love quiz

Answer 6

• had a questionnaire in a newspaper and got 620 replies from 14-82 year olds
• asked people about their relationships, love experiences and their attachment type
  FINDINGS
• 56% secure 25% avoidant and 19% resistant
• those securely attached felt love was enduring, were more trusting and were less likely to get divorced
• insecurely attached felt love was rare, fell in and out of love easily, found relationships difficult, more likely to get divorced

Question 7

AO3 evaluation of Hazan and Shaver’s love quiz

Answer 7

• questionnaire = socially desirable answers
• retrospective data (looking into he past) can lack accuracy
• people can’t self report on things they were unaware of in their own childhood
• good sample size
• good age range, but the old people may add to the problem of retrospective data

Question 8

AO3 evaluation of the influence of early attachment

Answer 8

• causation ? Just because there is an association does not mean there is an established cause and effect
• most studies use questionnaire or interview which are self report (socially desirable answers)
• retrospective data can be unreliable
• internal working model is unconscious which means we can only assess what people can consciously describe, we only get a partial picture