Influence Of Early Attachment On Childhood And Adult Relationships

Question 1

The role of the internal working model

Answer 1

Mental representation of this relation - acts as a template for future relationships

Question 2

What does the internal working model resemble

Answer 2

A schema

Question 3

AO3 of internal working model- limitation

Answer 3

It is correlational rather than experimental, therefore we cannot claim that the relationship between early attachment and later relationships is one cause and effect

Question 4

One limitation of the internal working model

Answer 4

From research into the effects of early attachment on later relationships is that they are overly deterministic. It suggests children who are insecurely attached at one year of age are doomed to experience emotionally unsatisfactory relationships in childhood and adult. However, researchers have found many instances where ppts were experiencing happy adult relationships despite not having been securely attached as infants