Effects of early experience and culture

Question 0

Interaction with peers

Answer 0

• Interaction helps children learn about themselves

- Importance of friendship-acceptance and trust also important in adult relationships

Question 1

The internal working model

Answer 1

• Internal models influence expectations
• ‘Love quiz’ securely attached people happier in adult relationships
• Security of attachment- later relationship satisfaction

Question 2

Influence of childhood experiences- evaluation

Answer 2

Research evidence for attachment type- adult relationship quality (Fraley 1998)

Attachment disorders- later relationships difficult

Question 3

Categorising cultures- individualism

Answer 3

Emphasis on the individual

Question 4

Categorising cultures-collectivism

Answer 4

Emphasis on the ground and on interdependence

Question 5

Relationships in different cultures

-Western individualist

Answer 5

Voluntary relationships

Question 6

Relationships in different cultures

-Non western collectivist

Answer 6

Arranged marriages

Question 7

Relationships in different cultures

Three types of arranged marriage- Qureshi 1991

Answer 7

Planned- Parents plan everything
Chaperoned- Parents match childrens’ desires
Joint ventures- Both children and parents involved

Question 8

Relationships in different cultures

Romantic love- jankowiak &fischer 1992

Answer 8

Romantic love is universal

Question 9

Relationships in different cultures

Does love exist in collectivist cultures?

Answer 9

Sprecher 1994- Japanese as romantic as americans
Russians more practical about marriage

Levine 1995- people in traditional collectivist cultures, Thailand, India and Pakistan would marry without love

Question 10

Relationships in different cultures

Divorce rates in collectivist cultures

Answer 10

Rising