Influence of Early Attachment on Later Relationships

Question 1

Why is the Internal Working Model important for later relationships?

Answer 1

acts as a template for future relationships

Question 2

define internal working model

Answer 2

when a child forms a first primary attachment, it leads them to form a mental representation of relationships

Question 3

why is the quality of attachments important?

Answer 3

influences the nature of future relationships

Question 4

type of behaviour shown when:

1st relationship = loving + reliable caregiver

assumption made by child = relationships meant to be loving and stable

Answer 4

seek out functional relationships

behave functionally w/ them

not being too involved or emotionally close

Question 5

type of behaviour shown when:

1st relationship = bad

assumption made by child = relationships are typically negative

Answer 5

displaying type A or C behaviour

struggle to form relationships in the first place

Question 6

What is Kerns (1994) state?

Answer 6

• securely attached infants form best quality childhood friendships
• Insecurely attached infants have friendship difficulties

Question 7

What did Myron Wilson and Smith (1988) study?

Answer 7

bullying and attachment types

Question 8

What was Myron-Wilson and Smiths method?

Answer 8

used standardised questionnaires

196 children

age 7-11
from London

Question 9

What was Myron-Wilson and Smiths findings?

Answer 9

bully = insecure avoidant

bullied = insecure resistant

not involved = secure

Question 10

Who are Hazan and Shaver (1987) ?

Answer 10

created a love quiz

Question 11

Hazan and Shaver - aim

Answer 11

To investigate the association between attachment and adult relationships

Question 12

Hazan and Shaver - method

Answer 12

love quiz was printed on american local paper

620 replied
250 men
415 women

Question 13

Hazan and Shaver - What were the 3 sections of the love quiz?

Answer 13

1. Assessed respondents current/most important relationship
2. Assessed general love experiences
   e. g no of partners
3. Assessed attachment type
   chose which statement described their feelings

Question 14

Hazan and Shaver - findings

Answer 14

securely attached - 56%

• happy + trusting love experiences
• positive internal working model
• longer lasting relationships
• accept their partner despite their faults

Insecure avoidant - 25%

• jealousy
• fear of intimacy

Insecure resistant - 19%

Question 15

Who is McCarthy (1999)?

Answer 15

studied relationship between attachment type and romantic relationships and friendships

Question 16

McCarthy - sample

Answer 16

40 women

Question 17

McCarthy - findings

Answer 17

secure - best friendships + relationships

insecure resistant - problems maintaining relationships

insecure avoidant - difficulties w/ intimacy in romantic relationships

Question 18

Where does the internal working model seem to play a role in?

Answer 18

how a child parents their own children in the future

Parenting style tends to be passed on through generations of a family