Attachment

Question 1

why do humans need emotional bonds?

Answer 1

to thrive and survive

Question 2

when is the attachment behavioural system developed?

Answer 2

in the first year

Question 3

when is the attachment behavioural system activated?

Answer 3

under threat

Question 4

what causes the explore system to be deactivated?

Answer 4

activation of the attachment behavioural system

Question 5

what defines a secure attachment?

Answer 5

the person is open and engaged

Question 6

what defines a avoidant attachment?

Answer 6

the person is self-reliant and doesn’t get upset

Question 7

what defines a resistant/anxious attachment?

Answer 7

difficult to soothe due to inconsistent carers

Question 8

what defines a disorganised attachment?

Answer 8

aggressive carer, inconsistent, contradictory

Question 9

What are internal working models?

Answer 9

schema which can have a global or dispositional style

Question 10

why would avoidant individuals seem positive about their self?

Answer 10

dense self enhancement

Question 11

what kind of feedback do we usually seek?

Answer 11

any kind of feedback that validates our self knowledge

Question 12

what do we mean by hopeless cognitive style?

Answer 12

avoidant and anxious people are associated with patterns of vulnerability that serve to sustain views and beliefs about the self

Question 13

what is a good way of activating the attachment system?

Answer 13

thinking about mortality, presenting death related words or imagining arguments

Question 14

What is the dynamic model of attachment?

Answer 14

activation of attachments system and resultant primary strategies of proximity seeking

Question 15

what model tells us about anxious and avoidant people but not secure?

Answer 15

attachment system functioning

Question 16

Available and responsive carers give individuals ability to cope with stress is an example of what?

Answer 16

broaden and build cycle of security

Question 17

what would cause a faster response time?

Answer 17

a prime threat to proximity

Question 18

who proposed four cells of views of the self and others?

Answer 18

Bartholomew & Horowitz, 1991

Question 19

what was cell one?

Answer 19

secure style

Question 20

According to B&H, 1991 what does the secure style show?

Answer 20

positive view of self and of others

Question 21

what was cell two?

Answer 21

preoccupied styles

Question 22

According to B&H what does the preoccupied style show?

Answer 22

negative view of self but positive of others

Question 23

what was cell three?

Answer 23

fearful-avoidant style

Question 24

According to B&H what does the fearful style show?

Answer 24

negative view of the self and of others

Question 25

What was cell four?

Answer 25

dismissive avoidant

Question 26

According to B&H what does the dismissive style show?

Answer 26

positive view of the self and negative view of others

Question 27

High intimacy, warmth and balance are characteristics of which style?

Answer 27

secure style

Question 28

high confidence and control but low elaboration, emotional expression, cry frequency and warmth are common amongst which style?

Answer 28

dismissive style

Question 29

High elaboration, self-disclosure, cry frequency and reliance are common amongst which style?

Answer 29

preoccupied style

Question 30

Low confidence, self-disclosure, intimacy, reliance and use of a secure base are characteristics of which style?

Answer 30

fearful style

Question 31

what is the first response to threat?

Answer 31

mental models of attachment figure(s) are made

Question 32

seeking proximity to a figure is an example of what?

Answer 32

the second response to threat

Question 33

when does avoidant individuals capacity to supress proximity worries breakdown?

Answer 33

under high cognitive load

Question 34

what is the third component of model activation?

Answer 34

monitoring viability of proximity seeking as a strategy for dealing with stress

Question 35

Monitoring responsiveness of attachment figure to bids for proximity is an example of what?

Answer 35

the second component of model activation

Question 36

what happens in the first component of model activation?

Answer 36

monitoring of threat