weaknesses of early attatchments

• • Research support (e.g.: H&S, Bowlby) is correlational  No clear cause and effect ​
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• • Deterministic  Negative perspective, problematic, socially sensitive ​
• • Opposing evidence (e.g.: Fraley (2002) found a weak correlation between early attachment style and adulthood relationships; Zimmerman (2000) found little relationship between early attachment and childhood relationships