influence of early attachments on later relationships
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- influence of early attachments on later relationships
- attachments are formed for survival
- first attachment we form is to our parents and will depend on how sensitive the mother's care is (Ainsworth)
- what does the continuity hypothesis say on influenced later relationships?
- children's attachment types are reflected in their later relationships
- idea is based on the internal working model (Bowlby) where the primary attachment is template fro future relationships
- Hazan and Shaver's love quiz aim
- to see if there was a correlation between the infant's attachment type and their fitter approach to romantic relationships
- Hazan and Shaver's love quiz procedure
- love experience questionnaire printed in a newspaper
- readers sent in responses
- analysed first 620 replies of people ages 14-83 and classified them into Ainsworth's attachment types (secure, resistant, avoidant)
- Hazan and Shaver's love quiz results
- high correlation between the infant attachment type and the adult romantic love styles
- Hazan and Shaver's love quiz conclusion
- evidence to support the concept of the internal working model having a life ling effect
- not everyone stayed true to their infant attachment style as some people changed as they grew older
- Hazan and Shaver's love quiz strengths
- research support - SIMPSON (2007) assess infant attachment after one year and found those secretly attached have more social confidence and are more emotionally attched to their partner in early adulthood
- this is a strength as its supports their view that attachment type predicts relationships in adult life
- Hazan and Shaver's love quiz limitaiton
- overly deterministic - researchers found evidence where participants are experiencing healthy adult relationships despite not having been securely attached as infants
- this is a limitation because we become pessimistic about people's futures if we emphasise the risk of problems if not securely attached