Lecture 10 - Attachment To Parents And Peers Flashcards
What influences can peers have over an individual?
Identity development, use of legal/illegal substances and finding a romantic partner
What sort of parenting produces less susceptibility to peer pressure?
Authoritative parenting
The reorganisation of relationships with parents and peers is motivated by what?
The reorganisation of behavioural systems that occur with the onset of puberty
How does the onset of puberty affect attachment between young adults and their parents?
Instead of face to face communication, individuals begin to contact parents via phone calls etc, and attachment shifts away from parents and towards peers
How does caregiving change as individuals get older?
We feel the need to take care of others, including our own parents
How does attachment quality in childhood affect marriage later in life?
Children who were securely attached are more likely to opt for long-term monogamous relationships whereas children who were insecurely attached are more likely to opt for short term, less emotionally involved relationships
How can attachment affect our exploration behaviours in later life?
Secure attachment generally leads to more exploration behaviours in areas such as the workplace or leisure activities
Zeifman and Hazan (2008) conducted a study on the transfer of attachment functions by administering the WHOTO interview to 100 6-17 year olds. What was the pattern of attachments between peers and parents on the four attachment dimensions?
Individuals attached to peers for proximity-seeking and a safe haven, but attached to parents for a secure base and during separation distress
Children in the 15-17 year group in Zeifman and Hazan’s study showed attachment to who in all four dimensions of attachment?
Peers as opposed to parents
What is Bowlby’s attachment hierarchy?
An organised set of preferences for persons whom the individual seeks out when the attachment system is activated
What is monotrophy in attachment?
Where there is one principle attachment figure
Who is most likely to be an attachment figure and who is less likely?
Mothers and romantic partners are more likely to be primary attachment figures whereas father are less likely to be primary
In later life, what how does Weiss describe parents in terms of attachment figures?
He says they continue to remain primary attachment figures but serve as attachment figures in reserve
What is Ainsworth’s compensation hypothesis of why some individuals experience a premature reorganisation of the attachment hierarchy?
She argues that attachment insecurity might prompt earlier transfer to attachment functions to fulfil unsatisfied attachment needs
What might some individuals experience a delayed reorganisation of the attachment hierarchy?
If they do not develop peer attachments in adolescence
