Influence Of Early Attachment On Childhood And Adult Relationshios

Question 1

Bowlbys internal working model

Answer 1

IWM- first attachment provides us with blueprint / expectations for later attachments

Question 2

Affects of different attachment styles on childhood relationships

Answer 2

Securely attached - unlikely to be involved in bullying, positive good friendships
Insecure avoidant- isolated, no friends, independent viewed as weird (likely to be bullied)
Insecure rsistant- trust issues abondement issues, fear of rejection (the bully)

Question 3

Wilson and smith bullying study

Answer 3

200 kids from London done questionair
Secure attached- unlikely to be involved in bullying
Insecure avoidant- likely to be bullied
Insecure resistant- likely to be bully

Question 4

Effects of different early attachments on romantic adult relationships

Answer 4

Secure attachment- long lasting, good quality, believe in love less likely to get divorce
Insecure avoidant- don’t care about relationship always been independent, no need for commitment not long lasting
Insecure resistant- clingy, trust and abandonment issues feel they’re not good enough not long lasting

Question 5

Outline and evaluate hazan and shavers love quiz

Answer 5

Over 600 pp asked about childhood attachment and experience/views on relationships
Found strong correlation between childhood attachment and ideas on romantic love.

Evaluation

• retrospective data- less accurate have to think back
• socially acceptable answers
• big sample size and age range generalisable