Topes of attachment: session 13

Question 1

What are the 4 types of attachment?

Answer 1

• secure
• preoccupied
• dismissive
• fearful

Question 2

What are securely attached individuals like?

Answer 2

• comfortable with intimacy
• can balance dependence and independence in relationships

Question 3

What are preoccupied attached individuals like?

Answer 3

• crave intimacy
• overly dependent and demanding n relationships
• anxious in children

Question 4

What are dismissive attached people like?

Answer 4

• self-sufficient to point of seeming detached
• value independence and maybe seem uninterested in relationships
• avoidant in children

Question 5

What are fearfully attached people like?

Answer 5

• desire close relationships and fear vulnerability
• may act unpredictably in relationships due to internal conflict of wanting intimacy but fear it
• disorganised in children

Question 6

What are Schaffer and Emerson’s stages of attachment?

Answer 6

• pre attachment (birth- 6weeks)
• attachment in making ( 6 weeks- 8 months)
• clear cut attachment ( 8 months- 18 months)
• reciprocal relationships (18 months +)

Question 7

What is the pre-attachment stage?

Answer 7

• infant recognises caregivers voice, scent and face
• infant not yet attached to caregiver

Question 8

What is the attachment in making stage?

Answer 8

• infant aware their actions affect behaviour around them
• infants develop trust
• infant don’t mind being separated from caregiver

Question 9

What is the clear cut attachment stage?

Answer 9

• attachment evident
• baby may show distress when cate giver leaves but can bounce back when replacement care giver is empathetic

Question 10

What is the reciprocal relatistage?

Answer 10

• separation anxiety decreases
• toddlers cane make adult understand some circumstances like caregiver coming and going
• toddlers grow less dependent