influence of early attachment on later relationships

• • secure, emotionally responsive early experiences

  leads to

  • secure, quality childhood friendships

  leads to

  • secure, quality relationships

  leads to

  • secure, emotionally responsive parenting

  leads to

  • secure, emotionally responsive early experiences
• internal working model acts as a schema

  the child first relationship with their primary attachment figure forms a mental representation which acts as a template for all future relationships
• bowlby argued that the internal working model is unconscious

  • flaw in the research
  • he as asks people to report on something they are not even aware of
  • only gain a partial picture of internal working model