Love Quiz - Haven and Shaver Flashcards
(16 cards)
what was haven and shaver’s aim?
Hazan and Shaver’s main aim was to see if partners in adult romantic relationships also experience an attachment process like an infant and their caregiver.
to test their aim haven and shaver made a what? this was put where?
they made a love quiz this was put in newspapers.
what is a continuity hypothesis?
The continuity hypothesis states that our childhood relationships with our caregivers can affect and forecast our future adult relationships.
what were the two parts of the quiz looking at? (first and second part)
the first half - attachment styles of ppt childhoods
the second half - ppts views/beliefs on love
what did the sample size consist of ?
he participants were 205 men and 415 women between the ages of 14 and 82. Of their sample size, 42% were married, and 31% were dating someone.
haven and shaver used the first half to categorise the ppt’s what? using whose attachments types (name the 3)
attachment style
ainsworth (secure, insecure-resistant, insecure avoidant
Researchers classified 56% of participants as having ….. adult attachments. They were more likely to have balanced and longer-lasting ….. relationships. They described their romantic relationships as positive, happy, friendly, and trusting.
SECURE / ROMANTIC
9% of the participants were classified as …… They reported they experienced love as a compulsive ……. They constantly worried about their partner’s love because they feared they would abandon them …. …..
insecure resistant / commitment / abandon / them
The final …. of participants were insecure-avoidant people who …. closeness and did not believe they ….. ….. to be happy.
25% / feared / needed / love
Hazan and Shaver found that the prevalence (proportion of the general population) of the three attachment styles was the same in ….. as in …..
adulthood / childhood
what working model does the love quiz that haven and shaver research support
internal working model
the research done by haven and shaver also supports the what type of hypothesis put for by bowlby
continuity hypothesis
evaluation: the study possibly lacks validity, why?
this is because the questionnaire it depends on the honesty on the honesty and realistic views of the respondents when disclosing relationship experiences with their parents
evaluation: the ppts that took part in haven and shaver test are exclusively American why is this a problem?
ppts are all americain this therefore means data collected is ethnocentric and also has problems with generalizability because data may not apply to other countries outside america
evaluation: it was collected via newspaper, whats the problem?
this is problem because only those who read the newspaper would be able to participate in the test and you will have a certain type of person taking part, therefore harder to generalise to a wider population
which more type of attachment type is more likely to break up with their patterns?
insecure avoidant
