Influence of childhood on adulthood relations and Parental investment
Parental investment - Sex differences (Sibling one has been taken off spec)
childhood on adulthood relations - parent-child and peers
- Created by: Jodie-Leigh
- Created on: 01-06-14 19:23
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- Influence of Childhood on Adulthood Relationships
- Parent-Child Relationships
- IDA
- Attachment Disorders - Children who fail to bond with a care giver may develop this - may show mistrust and effect adulthood relationships.
- Deterministic - Other events in later life may change attachment type, or you may decide to be different to how your parents were with you.
- AO1
- Experience of romantic love in adulthood is a result of 3 behavioural systems from infancy - attachment, care giving and sexuality systems.
- Attachment is related to the concept of internal working models.
- (Bowlby) later relationships likely to be a continuation of early attachment styles - behaviour of infants attachments promote an internal working model of relationships - same is expected in adulthood.
- AO2
- Lots of studies demonstrate links in attachment types. Meta-analysis found correlations from 0.1-0.5 between early attachment types and later relationships.
- However key questions concerns stability of attachment types. Could be that attachment type is determined by current relationship, not childhood.
- Why happily married couples are securely attached.
- Attachment theory suggests that a change in relationship experiences may alter attachment type.
- Relationship break ups associated with a shift from secure to insecure attachment.
- IDA
- Interactions with Peers
- AO1
- Children learn from experiences with other children. May develop a sense of their own value from interactions with others. Determines how they approach adulthood relationships.
- Childrens friendships are training grounds for important adult relationships
- Experience of having friends to confide in promotes feelings of trust, acceptance, and a sense of being understood.
- AO2
- Romantic involvement in early to middle adolescence associated with decreased academic achievement. However late adolescent relationships no longer related to these negative outcomes.
- Suggests that timing of relationships in adolescence determines what influence, if any, it will have.
- Romantic involvement in early to middle adolescence associated with decreased academic achievement. However late adolescent relationships no longer related to these negative outcomes.
- IDA
- Gender differences - girls have more intimate relationships, and are more likely to report care and security with other girls.
- Other research found boys to engage in more competitive, whilst girls engage in more cooperative and sharing games.
- Rhesus moneys - reared with adequate adult adult, but inadequate peer contact later displayed inappropriate social and sexual behaviour in adulthood.
- The longer they were denied of this, the more extreme the behaviour was.
- Gender differences - girls have more intimate relationships, and are more likely to report care and security with other girls.
- AO1
- Parent-Child Relationships
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