Influence of early attachment on later relationshios

• The internal working model works as a template for future childhood/adult relationships
• How will a baby whose first experience is of a loving relationship assume future relationships will be?

  Loving
• What will a baby seek out if their first experience is of a loving relationship?

  Functional relationships
• How will a baby behave in a relationship if their first experience is of a loving relationship?

  Functionally
• What attachment type is a baby whose first experience is loving likely to have?

  Secure
• What will a baby whose first experience of a relationship is bad struggle to do?

  Form relationships or behave appropriately within them
• How will a baby whose first experience of a relationship is bad assume future relationships will be?

  Bad
• Attachment type is associated with the quality of peer relationships in childhood
• What attachment type means babies tend to have the best quality childhood friendships?

  Secure
• What quality of childhood friendships will a securely attached baby likely have?

  Best
• What attachment type means babies tend to have the worst quality childhood friendships?

  Insecure-avoidant/resistant
• What attachment type did Wilson and Smith find least likely to be involved in bullying?

  Secure
• What attachment type did Wilson and Smith find most likely to be victims of bullying?

  Insecure-avoidant
• What attachment type did Wilson and Smith find most likely to be bullies?

  Insecure-resistant
• Who showed attachment type can predict bullying?

  Wilson and Smith
• What two major adult experiences do internal working models affect?

  Romantic and parental relationships
• Who showed attachment types can affect romantic relationships?

  Hazan and Shaver
• What attachment type did Hazan and Shaver show was most likely to have good and longer-lasting relationships ?

  Secure
• What attachment type did Hazan and Shaver show was most likely to reveal jealousy and fear of intimacy?

  Insecure-avoidant
• What do Hazan and Shaver's findings suggest?

  Patterns of attachment behaviour are reflected in romantic relationships
• Who showed attachment types can affect friendships AND romantic relationships?

  McCarthy
• What attachment type did McCarthy show had the best adult friendships and romantic relationships?

  Secure
• What attachment type did McCarthy show had problems maintaining friendships?

  Insecure-resistant
• What attachment type did McCarthy show had problems with intimacy in romantic relationships?

  Insecure-avoidant
• People tend to base their parenting style on their internal working model so attachment tends to be passed on
• Who showed that the majority of women had the same attachment type to their babies and their own mothers?

  Bailey et al.