EVALUATION

• HOW TO REMEMBER THE EVALUATION OF RESEARCH ON THE EFFECT OF ATTACHMENT ON LTER RELATIONSHIPS?

  DICk
• KEY ARGUMENTS ON EFFECT OF ATTACHMENT ON LATER RELATIONSHIPS?

  • determinism
  • internal validity
  • counter evidence (Koluchova)
• WHAT DOES RESEARCH ON EFFECT OF ATTACHMENT ON LATER RELATIONSHIPS ARGUE?

  early attachment experiences determine later behaviour
• WHAT DOES THE DETERMINISM ARGUMENT LEAD TO?

  assumption of cause and effect relationship, which has many implications regarding abuse and accountability
• WHAT DOES OUR LEGAL SYSTEM FUNCTION WITH THE IDEA OF?

  idea of free will
• WHAT CONTRADICTS OUR LEGAL SYSTEM?

  Bowlby's view, which raises a difficult moral debate
• ARGUMENT OF INTERNAL VALIDITY?

  AAI lacks internal validity, as it is difficult to measure attachment type
• WHY IS IT DIFFICULT TO MEASURE ATTACHMENT TYPE IN AAI?

  relies on retrospective data
• WHY MAY RETROSPECTIVE DATA NOT BE VERY RELIABLE?

  • events may not be remembered correctly
  • participants may have a lack of insight into own experiences to express them accurately
• ANOTHER REASON WHY THE AAI LACKS INTERNAL VALIDITY?

  self-reports are subjective and open to social desirability
• WHO CARRIED OUT THE COUNTEREVIDENCE FOR EFFECT OF ATTACHMENT ON LATER RELATIONSHIPS?

  Koluchova
• WHO DID KOLUCHOVA OBSERVE?

  boys with dysfunctional parents
• WHAT DID KOLUCHOVA OBSERVE?

  boys functioned fine in later relationships
• WHAT DID KOLUCHOVA'S RESEARCH SUGGEST?

  children can recover
• WHAT DOES KOLUCHOVA'S DISCOVERY DO?

  contradict Bowlby's claim of an unchangeable internal working model