Influence of early attachment on relationships Flashcards
What is a schema?
Mental representation
What does a child form from their early attachment relationship with their primary caregiver?
mental representation
Who acts as a model for future relationships?
Primary caregivers
What attachment type will someone have who has a loving primary caregiver?
Secure attachment
What type of internal working model will someone with a loving primary caregiver have?
Positive
What will people with a loving primary caregiver have later in life?
successful relationships
What type of attachment will someone have with an unresponsive caregiver?
Insecure attachment
What type of internal working model will someone with an unresponsive caregiver have?
Negative
How will people with a unresponsive caregiver act in future relationships?
Not behave appropriately (arguing or controlling)
What does the mental representation of early attachment influence?
The nature of all their later childhood and adult relationships
Relationship with own children
If a child has a secure attachment, they are more likely to have a ?
Better quality relationship with peers
If a child has an insecure attachment, they are more likely to ?
have difficulties in making friends
Which attachment type is most vulnerable to bullying?
Insecure avoidant
Which attachment type is most likely to be the bully?
Insecure-resistant
Who found that early attachment can predict bullying behaviour?
Smith et al
Who created the love quiz?
Hazen and Shaver
What did Hazen and Shafer create?
The love quiz
Where was the love quiz printed?
Newspapers
What did the love quiz study?
A persons adult attachment and their attachment in early childhood
how many ppt in the love quiz were securely attached as children?
56%
What were adults who were securely attached as children more likely to have?
Positive, long lasting romantic relationships
What percentage of ppt in the love quiz were insecure avoidant?
25%
What were adults who were insecure-avoidant as
children reported to have more feelings of?
Feelings of jealously and feared intimacy
What percentage of ppt in the love quiz were insecure resistant?
19%
What did adults who were insecure resistant as children fear?
Being abandoned
Conclusion of the love quiz?
attachment behaviour reflects in adult relationships
What do people base their parenting decisions on?
Internal working model
What is attachment passed through?
Family generations
What did Bailey et al find?
Mothers tend to have the same attachment style with their children as they did their own mother
