Bowlby’s Internal Working Model (Attachment)

Question 1

Internal Working Model

Answer 1

Bowlby suggested infants develop a schema based on their attachment to their PCG

This schema acts as a template for how relationships work

Question 2

Continuity Hypothesis

Answer 2

Individuals future relationships will follow a pattern based on their IWM

Question 3

What did Hazen and Shaver argue regarding adult relationships?

Answer 3

That they are a continuation of their attachment style

Secure children will be more socially capable than insecure types

Question 4

Influence of early attachment Positive Evaluations

Answer 4

Hazan and Shavers love quiz assessing attachment types found 56% secure(balance of closeness and independence), 25% avoidant (avoid intimacy) and 19% resistant (couldn’t cope with independence)

McCarthy found adults with long-lasting adult friendships and romantic relationships were securely attached at infancy

Question 5

Bowlby’s Maternal Deprivation Theory

Answer 5

If child’s monotropic attachment is disrupted during the critical (period of 30 months) due to separation from the mother, this deprivation will lead to problems with social, emotional and intellectual development

Question 6

Negative Evaluation of IWM

Answer 6

Just because there is a relationship between two factors, there isn’t necessarily a causal relationship