Influence of early attachment on childhood and adult relationships

Question 1

Who investigated relationships with peers

Answer 1

Myron Wilson and smith

Question 2

What did Myron Wilson and smith use

Answer 2

questionaire to assess atatchment type and bulying behaviour in 196 children ged 7-11

Question 3

What did Myron Wilson and Smith find

Answer 3

secure- less likely to be involved in bullying, best friendships
insecure avoidant- bully victims, friendship issues
Insecure resistant- Bullies, friendship isses

Question 4

Issues with Myron Wilson and Smith’s research

Answer 4

Questionaires are subjective and vulnerable to social desireability bias

Question 5

Who investigated relationships with partners

Answer 5

Hazan and Shaver

Question 6

Hazan and Shaver procedure

Answer 6

620 replies on ‘love quiz’, asked about relationships with parents and views on romantic relationships

Question 7

Hazan and Shaver findings

Answer 7

secure- 56%, love is about trust, long term relationsips
insecure resistant- 19% fall in love fast but cannot find true love
Insecure avoidant- 25%- fear intimacy, do not believe you need love to be happy

Question 8

Limitations of Shaver and Hazan

Answer 8

questionaires are subjective, especially closed questions

Question 9

Who investigated relationships with parents

Answer 9

Bailey

Question 10

What did bailey find

Answer 10

99 mothers asked about attachment to own mothers and observed children in strange situation. Attachment style was repeated down generations (continuity hypothosis)

Question 11

Limitations

Answer 11

study flaws
causality ( may be due to temperment)
Determinist- suggests that insecurely attached children are ‘doomed’ - disregards free will

Question 12

What did Belsky and Rovine find

Answer 12

calmer, less anxious infants were more likely to be securely attached.