Influence of Attachment on Later Relationships
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- Created on: 26-05-20 10:13
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Influence of Attachment on Later Relationships
- internal working model
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A mental representation of how relationships
work.
- Believed to affect the quality of future relationships
- A child whose
first attachment/ relationship with primary caregiver (PC) is loving and
reliable (secure)
- will assume that all relationships should be like this.
- they will seek out and engage in functional relationships
- will assume that all relationships should be like this.
- A child whose
first attachment/relationship with primary caregiver (PC) is insecure
- will assume that all relationships should be like this.
- they will seek out and/or engage in dysfunctional relationships
- type A would be too involved or emotionally close
- type C would be controlling and argumentative
- they will seek out and/or engage in dysfunctional relationships
- will assume that all relationships should be like this.
- Extensive research conducted on the effect of
attachment on later relationships
- [see PDF]
- Later
childhood -Adult romantic
relationships -Adult as
parent
- looks into:
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A mental representation of how relationships
work.
- AO3
- Research evidence on the
continuity of attachment type is mixed
- Not all research agrees with the theory eg Zimmerman (2000)
- This is a problem as it is not what we would expect if the model were important in development.
- Not all research agrees with the theory eg Zimmerman (2000)
- Validity issues with research
- interviews rely on honesty
- memory is unreliable
- These question the accuracy of the research and also the validity of it as well
- Association does not mean
causality
- other factors can have an influence like parenting style
- This is a limitation because it counters Bowlby’s theory that internal working model causes these later outcomes.
- other factors can have an influence like parenting style
- The influence of early attachment is probabilistic
- attachment does affect relationships however its significance could be exaggerated
- People are not doomed to have bad relationships because of a poor early
attachment
- They just have a greater risk of having problems (probably will)
- People are not doomed to have bad relationships because of a poor early
attachment
- attachment does affect relationships however its significance could be exaggerated
- Research evidence on the
continuity of attachment type is mixed
- internal working model
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