AO3

• What did Hazan & Shaver conclude about the inner working model?

  It has a life-long effect.
• What did Hazan & Shaver concede about infant attachment styles?

  Some people change as they grow older.
• What did Feeney and Noller (1990) find about securely-attached individuals?

  They have the most enduring romantic relationships.
• What relationship satisfaction did Keelan, Keelan, and Dion (1994) find in secure attachment styles?

  More satisfaction and greater commitment.
• What did McCarthy (1999) find about anxious-avoidant infants in adulthood?

  They had the most difficulty in romantic relationships.
• What did McCarthy (1999) find about anxious-resistant infants in adulthood?

  They had the poorest relationships.
• What did McCarthy (1999) find about securely-attached infants in adulthood?

  They had the most successful romantic relationships.
• How does attachment type influence parenting style?

  It tends to be passed on through generations.
• What did Bailey et al. (2007) study about mothers and their babies?

  Attachments of 99 mothers to their babies.
• How was mother-baby attachment measured in Bailey et al. (2007)?

  Using the Strange Situation method.
• How was mother-own mother attachment measured in Bailey et al. (2007)?

  Using adult attachment interviews.
• What did the majority of women in Bailey et al. (2007) show regarding attachment classification?

  They had the same classification to their babies.
• What does the continuity theory predict about infant attachment and later relationships?

  It predicts continuity between attachment types.
• What did Zimmerman (2000) find about infant and adolescent attachment?

  Little relationship between infant and adolescent attachment.
• What limitation does the continuity theory have according to the research findings?

  Not all studies support continuity in attachment.
• What validity problems arise from studies assessing attachment years later?

  They use self-reported and retrospective data.
• What risks are associated with self-reported data in attachment studies?

  Inaccuracy due to memory or social desirability.
• What does the correlational methodology in attachment studies imply?

  Cause and effect cannot be established.
• What alternative factor might influence continuity in relationships?

  Temperament may influence relationship quality.
• What did Belsky and Rovine (1987) observe about calm babies?

  They were more likely to be securely attached.
• What does the continuity theory suggest about insecurely attached children?

  They are doomed to unsatisfactory adult relationships.
• What is a limitation of the determinist view of attachment theory?

  It cannot explain all individual cases.
• Why is self-report data limited in attachment research?

  Internal working models are unconscious influences.
• What does the reliance on self-report data imply for attachment research?

  It provides indirect evidence at best.