bowlby’s monotropic theory

• What does research evidence support in Bowlby's ideas?

  Internal working model
• What method did Hazan and Shaver use in their study?

  Questionnaire
• What did Hazan and Shaver find about early attachments?

  They predict adult relationships
• What type of attachment had the best adult relationships according to Hazan and Shaver?

  Secure attachments
• What was the outcome for avoidant attachments in adult relationships?

  Fear of intimacy
• What did Bailey's research involve?

  99 mothers and their babies
• What did Bailey find regarding mothers' attachments?

  They reflect their own mothers' attachments
• How does early attachment influence parenting?

  It supports the internal working model
• What is a limitation of the research on early attachment?

  Social desirability bias
• What has Bowlby's monotropic attachment theory been criticized for?

  Economic and social implications
• What does Bowlby's theory suggest about women's roles?

  Women shouldn't work
• What social issue arises from Bowlby's theory?

  Pressures women to feel guilty
• What is a temporal validity issue with Bowlby's theory?

  Women now commonly work
• What aspect of Bowlby's monotropic attachment theory has been challenged?

  Uniqueness of one important attachment
• What did Schaffer and Emerson find about attachments?

  Multiple attachments occur simultaneously
• How do Schaffer and Emerson view monotropic attachment?


  Stronger but not different
• What do Schaffer and Emerson believe about the consequences of losing a monotropic figure?

  It won't cause detrimental consequences
• What does the contradictory evidence suggest about Bowlby's theory?

  It may not accurately represent attachment