bowlby’s monotropic theory

• What does research evidence support regarding the internal working model?

  Its existence and influence on later relationships
• What was the purpose of Hazan and Shaver's Love Quiz?

  • To assess early relationships with parents
  • To evaluate later relationships in adulthood
  • To investigate correlation between childhood and adult relationships
• What correlation did Hazan and Shaver find in their study?

  Childhood attachments affect adult relationships
• What did Hazan and Shaver conclude about warm, secure attachments?

  They lead to warm, loving adult relationships
• What was found about poor childhood relationships?

  They often lead to poor adult relationships
• What is a limitation of Hazan and Shaver's research?

  Correlation does not imply cause and effect
• What variables might affect the relationship between early attachment and later relationships?

  Other variables like trauma
• What theory does Hazan and Shaver's research support?

  Bowlby's monotropic theory
• What evidence supports the existence and importance of social releasers?

  Research from the Tronick still-face experiment
• What was the procedure of the Tronick still-face experiment?

  • Parents interacted with their babies
  • Parents stopped interacting and child's reaction recorded
  • Observed distress when interaction ceased
• What was the reaction of babies when parents stopped interacting in the Tronick experiment?

  Babies became very distressed
• What did Brazelton's research find when parents ignored their babies' social releasers?

  Babies became extremely stressed and anxious
• What does the extreme reaction of babies to being ignored suggest about social releasers?

  They play a crucial role in attachment
• What ethical concerns are associated with the research on social releasers?

  It is considered unethical to distress babies
• What is a potential extraneous variable in the research on social releasers?

  Babies' distress from new phenomena
• What might the research on social releasers actually measure instead of social releasers themselves?

  Infant stress from being ignored
• What conclusions can be drawn about Bowlby's idea of social releasers?

  • Evidence supports their importance in attachment
  • Babies react strongly to being ignored
  • Research may not measure social releasers directly