Attachment Flashcards
What did research from Hazan and Shaver (1987) determine about attachment?
Securely attached children become securely attached lovers (i.e., easy to get close to; comfortable depending on others; high intimacy, passion and commitment)
What did Van Ijzendoorm & Sagi (1999) state in their summary study of attachment?
- Universality: cross cultural attachment to care givers
- Normative: 70% securely attached
- Sensitivity: secure attachment dependent on responsive care giving
- Competence: social competence dependent on attachment style
- Continuity: attachment styles affect adult relationship skills and internal mental representations
- Narrative competence: secure attachment style is reflected in how people talk about the lives and relationship
- Mentalisation: secure attachment facilitates reflection on states of mind of self and others
Pneumonic:
Useful Nomads Surely Can Cook Nut Muffins
What did Diane Felmlee (1995) determine about “fatal attraction”?
That the attributes we find attractive in a partner can be what leads to a breakup (88/301) (i.e., Nice ➝ passive; strong ➝ stubborn…)
Name and describe Lee’s (1976) primary and secondary love styles
Eros (passionate love) ➝ mania
Ludus (game playing) ➝ agape
Storge (trust, respect, friendship) ➝ pragma
How are Lee’s primary love styles measured?
the Love attitude scale
What is Sternberg’s (1986) Triangular theory of love?
\ INTIMACY
[liking / friendship]
^
. .
. .
[romantic love] [companionate love]
. .
. .
PASSION < . . . . . > COMMITMENT
[infatuation] [empty love]
(CENTRAL) Consummate Love (intimacy + passion + commitment)\
What happens when a relationship ends according to Duck’s (1982) phase model?
Intrapsychic phase (contemplating internally) ➝ Dyadic phase (discuss it together) ➝ Social phase (tell other people) ➝ grave digging (mourning)
Pneumonic: Isla Did Say Goodbye
