psychosocial lecture 3

Question 1

john bowlby

Answer 1

attachment theory

Question 2

stages of separation anxiety

Answer 2

1. protest
2. despair
3. detachment: disengages

Question 3

2 themes of attachment theory

Answer 3

1. responsive parents create safe haven and secure base for kid
2. kid develops internal working model of relationships based on relationships with mom

Question 4

secure

Answer 4

use mom as secure base for exploration of the toys when moms in the room
-happily greet on return
-easily soothed by stranger

Question 5

insecure-anxious/ ambivalent

Answer 5

cling to mom when in the room and neglect toys
-upset when mom leaves/ difficult to sooth on return

Question 6

insecure-avoidant

Answer 6

indifferent to mom both when she’s in the lab and returns despite showing psychological sings of distress

Question 7

bowlby’s two internal working models attitudes

Answer 7

1. self-esteem
2. interpersonal trust: learn that others are trustworthy or reasonable or not

Question 8

Bowlbys 4 attatchments

Answer 8

1. positive self-positive others: secure
2. positive self- negative others: dismissive avoidant
3. negative self-positive others: preoccupied
4. negative self-negative others: fearful-avoidant

Question 9

positive self-positive others

Answer 9

express trust in relationships, expect conflict to have constructive outcomes, attribute less hostile intent to others

Question 10

positive self-negative others

Answer 10

avoid relationships, see themselves as self-sufficient, perceive high consensus for their own opinion

Question 11

negative self-positive others

Answer 11

extreme distress to the possibility of rejection, higher chance of depression, both idealized and vilify the partner

Question 12

negative self- negative others

Answer 12

become hostile and angry without realizing it, negative interpersonal relationships, feelings of jealousy, habitual use of alcohol to reduce social anxiety

Question 13

study 1: measured adult attachments using experience in close relationship inventory with attachment to god

Answer 13

results:
anxiety-anxious god attachment; avoidance = avoidant god attachment
anxious-avoidant =less loving god

Question 14

study 2: primed lexical decision task: following prime
-subliminal prime/distress conditions
- words were either neutral or god related

Answer 14

results:
attachment avoidance was related to god

Question 15

study 3: use (LDT) with positive words

Answer 15

results:
especially religious avoidant individuals responded to implicit the God prime with increased access to negative, controlling words