Evaluation Of Early Attachment On Adult Relationships Flashcards
What did wood et al 2003 believe?
Quality of relationships results from the interaction of 2 people’s attachment styles - insecurely attached can have secure relationships if they in relationships with securely attached people
How is the internal working model not fully supported?(Steele et all)
Found only a small correlation of 0.17 between having a secure attachment type on child and adult hood
What did Zimmerman find?
Attachment style at 12-18 months didn’t predict quality of later relationships - life events experienced had a greater influence
What did Hamilton find?(negative life events)
Securely attached children went on to have insecure attached relationships if they had negative life events
What does the temperament hypotheses say?
Quality of adult relationships biologically determined - attempts to develop better quality relationships by changing attachment styles to +/ve ones wont work
