3.9 Influence of Early Attachment on Later Relationships

• What is the primary purpose of attachment in early childhood?

  Comfort and security
• The internal working model serves as a mental representation guiding future relationships
• Early attachment experiences have no long-term impact on later relationships.

  False
• What is the stability of relationships formed by individuals with a secure attachment style?

  Stable and supportive
• Match the attachment style with its corresponding characteristic:

  Secure ↔️ Trusts and seeks support

  Anxious-Ambivalent ↔️ Clingy and anxious

  Avoidant-Dismissive ↔️ Emotionally distant, self-reliant

  Avoidant-Fearful ↔️ Desires closeness but fears rejection
• Early attachment styles influence adult relationship patterns through the formation of the internal working model.
• A dismissive attachment style is characterized by emotional distance and a preference for independence
• Avoidant-fearful attachment involves a desire for closeness but a fear of rejection.
• What type of attachment style is associated with long-term, trusting romantic relationships?

  Secure
• Attachment is a deep emotional bond between a caregiver and a child
• What does proximity seeking refer to in attachment theory?

  Desire to stay near the caregiver
• A secure base in attachment theory refers to a caregiver providing safety for exploration.
• Match the attachment component with its description:

  Secure base ↔️ Caregiver provides safety for exploration

  Proximity seeking ↔️ Desire to stay near the caregiver

  Separation distress ↔️ Anxiety when separated from the caregiver

  Internal working model ↔️ Mental representation guiding future relationships
• What is the role of the internal working model in shaping later relationships?

  Mental template for relationships
• Early attachment styles shape later relationships through the internal working model
• Match the attachment style with its characteristics:

  Secure ↔️ Comfortable with closeness, values autonomy

  Anxious-Ambivalent ↔️ Fears abandonment, craves closeness

  Avoidant-Dismissive ↔️ Emotionally distant, self-reliant

  Avoidant-Fearful ↔️ Desires closeness but fears rejection
• What is the primary influence of early attachment experiences on later romantic relationships?

  Internal working model
• The internal working model is developed through consistent interactions with caregivers.
• What is the definition of attachment in this context?

  Deep emotional bond
• Proximity seeking refers to the desire to stay near the caregiver
• Secure base attachment means the caregiver provides safety for exploration
• What is separation distress?

  Anxiety when separated
• The internal working model serves as a mental representation guiding future relationships
• Early attachment influences the internal working model, which shapes later relationships
• Match the attachment style with its key characteristics:

  Secure ↔️ Trusts and seeks support

  Anxious-Ambivalent ↔️ Clingy and anxious

  Avoidant-Dismissive ↔️ Emotionally distant, self-reliant

  Avoidant-Fearful ↔️ Desires closeness but fears rejection
• What is a key characteristic of secure attachment?

  Comfort with intimacy
• Anxious-Ambivalent attachment involves fear of abandonment
• Early attachment styles significantly influence adult relationship patterns
• Order the attachment styles from most to least likely to form long-term, trusting relationships:

  1️⃣ Secure

  2️⃣ Anxious-Ambivalent

  3️⃣ Avoidant-Fearful

  4️⃣ Avoidant-Dismissive
• Early attachment styles play a critical role in shaping adult relationship patterns
• The internal working model, formed during early interactions with caregivers, influences how individuals approach relationships later in life.
• Match the attachment style with its relationship approach:

  Secure ↔️ Trusts and seeks support

  Anxious-Ambivalent ↔️ Clingy and anxious

  Avoidant-Dismissive ↔️ Emotionally distant, self-reliant

  Avoidant-Fearful ↔️ Desires closeness but fears rejection
• Individuals with a secure attachment style are more likely to have long-term, trusting romantic relationships
• Early attachment experiences primarily affect adult relationships through the internal working model.
• Match the attachment style with its characteristic in romantic relationships:

  Secure ↔️ Long-term, mutually supportive

  Anxious-Ambivalent ↔️ Seeks constant reassurance

  Avoidant-Dismissive ↔️ Less likely to commit

  Avoidant-Fearful ↔️ Avoids relationships or clings anxiously
• The internal working model is a mental template developed from early attachment experiences with caregivers
• Key aspects of the internal working model

  1️⃣ Development through consistent interactions with caregivers

  2️⃣ Expectations about self, others, and relationships

  3️⃣ Influence on trust, closeness, and conflict resolution
• The internal working model influences trust, closeness, and conflict resolution in relationships.
• One key aspect of the internal working model is its development through consistent interactions with caregivers
• Match the attachment style with its characteristic in social relationships:

  Secure ↔️ Maintains healthy friendships

  Anxious-Ambivalent ↔️ Struggles with dependency

  Avoidant-Dismissive ↔️ Prefers autonomy, avoids discussions

  Avoidant-Fearful ↔️ Isolated, struggles with trust