Influence of Early. Attachment on Childhood and Adult Relationships Flashcards
What does Bowlby suggest?
That they’ll be present in relationships in later life i ncluding friendships, relationships and family. He said we form our first main attachments and form an internal working model
What does the internal working model affect?
Our expectations and attitudes towards them
What can a Childs IWM lead to?
The development of an attitude disorder
Give a + (SB)
Bailey supports in 2007, they found the majority of women has the same attachment classification as babies and mother. Supporting the idea of continuity
Give. a + (SQEA)
Supports the idea of quality of early attachments have a significant impact as adults to form attachments. Those who were securely attached had happier and longer relationships and those insecurely attached had more divorces
Give a - (RAD)
Reductionist and deterministic as its the influence of early. attachment, so poor quality attachment means the individual has bad relationships. suggesting that insecurly attached infants are doomed to group to have bad. relationships
Give. a + (MAS)
Support link between early attachment type and success in. later life. There was a meta-analysis conducted which found correlation between early attachment and later relationships