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Flashcards by Chanelle Titchener, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Chanelle Titchener
over 5 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Role of the Internal Working Model | - Bowlby's concept of IWM is similar to a schema - An infant learns what relationships are through experience: an "operable" model so behaviour can be predicted |
| Key Study Hazan and Shaver (1987) | - Love quiz (US publication) asked about attachment experiences and history of attachment types - 205 men, 415 women self-report found to be similar in adults as in infants (56% secure, 25% avoidant, 19% resistant) - +ve correlation between attachment type and love experiences |
| Behaviours Influenced by the IWM | Childhood friendships - Minnesota child-parent study found continuity between early attachment and later emotional/social behaviour - Infants classed as secure became the most competent later in childhood |
| Behaviours Influenced by the IWM | Poor parenting - Harlow's research demonstrated a link between poor attachment and later difficulties with parenting - Lack of IWM = lack of a reference point to form later relationships |
| Behaviours Influenced by the IWM | Romantic relationships - "Love Quiz" demonstrated a link between early attachment type and later relationships - Secure = longer lasting relationships |
| Behaviours Influenced by the IWM | Mental health - Lack of attachment during the critical period = lack of IWM - Children with attachment disorder have no preferred attachment figure, an inability to interact and relate to others and have experience of frequent neglect |
| Evaluation | Correlational research > Research linking the IWM to later relationships is correlational rather than experimental = cannot distinguish cause and effect |
| Evaluation | Retrospective classification > Most studies rely on retrospective classification (questions about childhood) > Recollections can be flawed but longitudinal studies also support research |
| Evaluation | Overly determinist > Suggests that very early experiences have a fixed effect on later adult relationships > Children who are insecurely attached are doomed to experience unsatisfactory relationships as adults > Not the case = happy adults could have been insecurely attached children |
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