Relationships

Question 1

Securely attached form…

Answer 1

Best later relationships

Question 2

Kerns?

Answer 2

Insecurely attached children (A or C) had difficult forming and maintaining friendships

Question 3

Insecurely attached?

Answer 3

Have difficult future relationships
Do not have functional relationships

Question 4

Myron- Wilson and Smith (1998):

Answer 4

Conducted in London
196 children ages 7-11 years

Question 5

Myron- Wilson and Smith (1998)- bullies or victims?

Answer 5

Type A - victim of bullying
Type B - not be involved
Type C - bully

Question 6

Sroufe et al (2005):

Answer 6

Minnesota parent-child study
Found type B children were rated highest in social competence
Type B’s tended to be less isolated and more empathetic
Type B = optimism attachment style

Question 7

Who did the love quiz?

Answer 7

Hazan and Shaver- 1987

Question 8

What was the love quiz a study for??

Answer 8

A study to see the association between attachment and later adult relationships

Question 9

What 3 sections was the questionnaire divided into?

Answer 9

1st section- measuring most important relationships
2nd section- general experience of love
3rd section- description of feelings

Question 10

How many Replies did the love quiz get?

Answer 10

620 replies

Question 11

What did those who were avoidant- type A show in relationships?

Answer 11

Showed jealousy and a fear of intimacy

Question 12

What did those who were type C show?

Answer 12

Obsessive in relationships and very emotional- many emotional highs and lows

Question 13

Clarke and Clarke (1998)?

Answer 13

Suggested that the influence of early attachment is probalistic
An insecure attachment does not invariably cause increased risk of later developmental problems

Question 14

Strenght of research into attachment and later relationships?

Answer 14

Supporting evidence
Reviews of evidence by Fearon and Roisman have concluded that early attachment consistently predicts later attachment, emotional well-being and attachment to own children
Insecure avoidant attachment seems to convey fairly mild disadvantages for any aspect of development- disorganised attachment is strongly associated with later mental disorder
Secure attachment as a baby appears to convey advantages for future development

Question 15

Limitation of research into the influence of attachment- validity issues?

Answer 15

Early attachment is assessed retrospectively
Most research on the link between early attachment and later development are not longitudinal
Instead reesearchers ask adolescent/adult participants questions about their relationships with parents and identify attachment type from this
Asking questions relies on the honesty and accurate perception of the participants
Hard to know what is being assessed is early attachment or adult attachment