L11 - Influence of Early Attachment on Childhood Relationships

Question 1

What was the procedure for the Minnesota Parent-Child Project?

Answer 1

Mothers’ and children’ behaviour assessed using questionnaires and observations through videotaping situations like playing for 10 mins at home

Question 2

Effect of being securely attached as infants?

Answer 2

Rated highest for social competence
Less socially isolated
More popular with peers
More empathetic

Question 3

Describe securely attached IWM

Answer 3

Securely attached create a better IWM so they form and maintain relationships better

Question 4

Long term effects of not being attached within the critical period?

Answer 4

Lack of internal working model

Question 5

Why is the research reliable (+)?

Answer 5

Study assessed attachment types at 1 year of age

Found that at 16, securely attached were closer to their friends and had a higher social competence

Question 6

Why is it deterministic (-)?

Answer 6

Attachment has a fixed effect on later childhood relationships
Insecurely attached will have unsatisfactory relationships and can’t do anything about it

Question 7

What research disputes these findings (-)?

Answer 7

Those who didn’t form attachments by 4 years old but were adopted still formed attachments to adopting parents

Question 8

Forming no attachment in critical period means

Answer 8

No IWM

Question 9

Role of IWM

Answer 9

Model of how relationship expectations and how to behave, and what they are
Secure have better

Question 10

Lack of IWM leads to what disorder

Answer 10

Attachment disorder

Question 11

LT effects caused by

Answer 11

Severe neglect or changing caregivers

Question 12

What is attachment disorder?

Answer 12

No preferred attachment figure, can’t react/relate with others

Question 13

How may there have been bias?

Answer 13

Mothers knew they were being videotaped, possibly leading so social-desirability bias and demand characteristics