LS8 - Early Attachments On Adult Relationships

Question 1

Monotropy

Answer 1

One special emotional bond that all infants have (usually with their mother).

Question 2

Why’s Monotropy Important?

Answer 2

The infants uses this to create an internal working model - secure relationships lead to a positive working model.

Question 3

Positive Working Model

Answer 3

All future relationships will be secure.

Question 4

Contuinity Hypothesis

Answer 4

Individuals with secure childhood relationships will lead to have a positive internal working model.

Question 5

Early Attachment Study Aim

Answer 5

Hazan & Shaver - To test the connection between a person’s internal working model and their adult attachment style.

Question 6

Early Attachment Study Procedure

Answer 6

Hazan & Shaver - They played a love quiz in an American newspaper, asking questions about their relationships with their parents and attitude towards love with their current relationships.

Question 7

Early Attachment Study Findings

Answer 7

Hazan & Shaver - 56% Secure
25% Insecure-Avoidant
19% Insecure-Resistant
Infant attachment styles were the same as adult attachment styles.
There was a positive correlation between adult attachment style and love experiences.

Question 8

Early Attachment Evaluation

Answer 8

Hazan And Shaver:
Unreliable
Cause And Effect
Flawed Memories

Question 9

Unreliable Early Attachment (-)

Answer 9

Other studies have failed to find the same correlation between attachments styles during infancy and adulthood.

Question 10

Cause And Effect Early Attachment (-)

Answer 10

The study is correlational and therefore the cause and effect between infancy and adult attachment styles can’t be determined.

Question 11

Flawed Memories Early Attachment (-)

Answer 11

The study relies on participant’s memories over their childhood which is likely to be flawed.

Question 12

Monotropic Theory Disadvantages

Answer 12

Multiple Attachment Evidence
Socially Sensitive
Adopted Children Study

Question 13

Multiple Attachment Evidence

Answer 13

Schaffer & Emerson - 13% of infants have only one attachment, suggesting multiple attachments form during childhood.

Question 14

Socially Sensitive (-)

Answer 14

Feminists suggest it places a terrible burden on mothers as they’ll take the blame for anything and it underestimates the role of the father.

Question 15

Adopted Children Study (-)

Answer 15

Tizzard & Hodges - Found children adopted after the age of 4 could still form attachments to their adopted parents despite not having a positive internal working model.