Internal Working Model Flashcards
Why is this called internal working model?
Because it serves as a model for what relationships are like
What does internal working model have a powerful effect on?
The nature of the child’s future relationships
What will a child’s whose first experience of a loving relationship with a reliable caregiver tend to form?
An expectation that all relationships are as lowing and reliable and they will bring these qualities to future relationship
What does a child who first relationship involves poor treatment tend to form?
Further poor relationships in which they expect such treatment from others or treat others in that way
What does the internal working model affect most importantly?
He child’s later ability to be a parent themselves
What do people tend to base parenting on?
Their own experiences of being parented
What does this explain?
Why children from functional families tend to have similar families themselves
What did bowlby proposed?
That a child forms a mental representation of their relationship with their primary cater
What do people tend to base their parenting behaviour on?
Their own experience of being parented
What does internal working model explain?
Why children from functional families tend to have similar families themselves
