Influence of early attachment in childhood relationships

Question 1

limitation of internal working model

Answer 1

Difficult to measure as it is a hypothetical concept (questions its scientific credibility)
-With childhood it includes retrospective data To assess the attachment patterns

Question 2

AO1

Answer 2

• Internal working model is a template for future relationships and is dependent on the quality of child attachment
• researcher found that securely attached children are less likely to be involved in bullying, insecure avoidant are usually bullied and insecure resistant are the bullies
• internal working model links to adult parenting styles and romantic relationships, research showed that mothers had secure attachment as child had a relationship with them and securely attached to
• Hazan and shaver found attachment type are related to the romantic relationships, insecure avoidant tended to be jealous and fear intimacy

Question 3

Limitations

Answer 3

-issues with validity, using a questionnaire, social desirability bias
-Limited sample, only looked at one newspaper in one small part of America
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Question 4

strengths

Answer 4

-strong research support, Studies show link between attachment types and relationships, however not all relationships will show a link between these as there may be other factors that impact our internal working model