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1
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what are attachment relationships?

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a unique and secure base where separation can cause distress

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what is the prototype of adult attachment?

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long-term romantic relationships

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what are attachment behavioural systems?

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a universal neural program to facilitate survival and reproduction, which establishes security

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deactivation strategies

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minimise attachment signals

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hyperactivation strategies

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maximise attachment signals

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what does attachment behaviour require?

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working models of person-environment transactions, similar to social schemas to guide interpersonal behaviour and relationship projections

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orthogonal dimensions of attachment

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anxiety and avoidance

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attachment-related anxiety

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strong desire for closeness and worries about their own value to their partner

use hyperactive strategies to deal with insecurity and distress

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attachment-related avoidance

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discomfort with dependence on partners, and prefer emotional distance and self-reliance

use deactivating strategies to cope with insecurity and distress

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attachment security

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low scores on anxiety and avoidance dimensions

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when do attachment-relevant experiences occur?

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during infancy, childhood, and adolescence, to shape prototype working models of adult attachment patterns

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what has recent evidence suggested?

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genetic contributions towards attachment anxiety

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socialisation

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environment -> person

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selection

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person -> environment

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prototype hypothesis

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experiences in earlier relationships create internal working models and attachment styles which systematically affect attachment relationships

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how is attachment security priming used to test causality hypotheses?

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activates mental representations of relationships (guided imagery) to examine outcomes

activating supportive attachment can encourage behaviour in line with security

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what can flirting and dating cause?

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feelings of failure and rejection, which activate attachment (interpersonal processes of self-presentation and self-disclosure)

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self-disclosure

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the reciprocal exchange of self-relevant information, which can increase in depth and breadth

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how are insecure-attachment orientations varied?

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anxiety-attachment individuals engage in indiscriminate disclosure whereas avoidant-individuals use low disclosure

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what do mate preferences and the ideal standards model consider?

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evolutionary theories of partner and relationship ideals

  1. warmth, commitment, and intimacy
  2. health, passion, and attractiveness
  3. status and resources

anxiety-attachment selected warmth
avoidant-attachment selected health and status

21
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evidence of complementary patterns

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insecure-attached individuals are attracted to insecure people

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anxiety-attachment and formation of relationships

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unpopular during speed dating, but present positively to potential dates

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avoidant-attachment and formation of relationships

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expectations of failure and commitment-aversive, but present superficially positive to potential dates

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what does intimacy reflect?

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emotional and behavioural orientations towards attachment figures, such as engaging in problem solving and disclosing private feelings

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anxiety-attachment and intimacy

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desire intimacy but struggle to regulate closeness and intrusiveness

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insecure-attachment and intimacy

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lower emotional intimacy than secure-attachments

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avoidance-attachment and intimacy

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perceive their partners to be more intrusive

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what can insecure attachment interfere with?

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commitment and relationship stability

29
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avoidance-attachment and commitment

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attraction to alternative partners and lower investments

30
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anxiety-attachment and commitment

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more investments and also ambivalence

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secure-attachment and commitment

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adaptively reduce commitment as required

32
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transfer of attachment functions occurs faster for which attachment style?

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anxiety-attachment over avoidance-attachment

33
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stages of attachment function transfer

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  1. proximity seeking (peers)
  2. safe haven (peers, 8-14y)
  3. secure base (parents)
  4. separation distress (parents)
34
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what does maintenance of long-term relationships involve?

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communication, conflict management, and expressing gratitude
- dyadic communication
- responding to transgressions

35
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what do insecure attachment orientations misperceive?

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signals and emotions; empathetic inaccuracy

36
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empathetic inaccuracy

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the inability to infer a partner’s thoughts and feelings correctly

avoidance- less accurate
anxiety- more accurate

37
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more frequent SNS use was linked to…

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better relationship quality

38
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more frequent email use linked to…

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greater conflict

39
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what are jealousy and surveillance predicted by?

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anxiety (mediated by trust) and low avoidance

40
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what do insecure-attachments report?

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lower daily satisfaction, moderated by duration

avoidance is more associated with men’s dissatisfaction

41
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what doe efficacy beliefs mediate?

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the attachment-satisfaction relationship

42
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insecure-attachment and relationship stability

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have shorter relationships, as likely as secure individuals to be with same romantic partner over timw

43
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avoidance-attachment and relationship stability

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more permissive attitudes towards engaging in fidelity

44
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relationship adjustment and ghosting

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ghostees had higher anxiety than those who had not been ghosted

ghosters had greater avoidance than not ghosted

45
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partner effects in relationship adjustment

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actor insecurity is associated with partner’s satisfaction

46
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couple-type effects in relationship adjustment

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secure-secure couples have greater satisfaction

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