Attachment Theory Summary
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How does early attachment influence parenting style?

  • It impacts educational choices more than parenting style
  • It determines various personality types that influence parenting style (correct)
  • It only influences romantic relationships but not parenting style
  • It has no impact on parenting style
  • According to Bailey et al. (2007), what is the relationship between a person's upbringing and their parenting style?

  • Individuals are likely to raise their children similarly to how they were raised (correct)
  • Parenting style is not influenced by personal upbringing
  • There is no relationship between upbringing and parenting style
  • People tend to raise their children differently from how they were raised
  • How does the internal working model influence one's relationships according to the text?

  • It only influences professional relationships
  • It only affects family relationships
  • It affects expectations of others and subsequently attitude towards them (correct)
  • It has no impact on relationships
  • What impact can an insecure resistant attachment style have on an individual's relationships?

    <p>It may cause trust issues and difficulty in committing to one person</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How can experiencing abuse or neglect in childhood impact adult relationships according to the text?

    <p>It may result in resistance or rejection of intimacy in adult relationships</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What finding from Bailey et al. (2007) supports the idea of continuity in attachment styles?

    <p>The majority of women had the same attachment classification both to their babies and their own mothers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is a child's internal working model related to the development of attachment disorders?

    <p>It may lead to the development of an attachment disorder if the child experiences abuse or neglect</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Bowlby's theory, what is the primary consequence of failing to form an attachment during the critical period?

    <p>Socially and emotionally stunted development</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term did Bowlby use to describe the condition characterized by a lack of a mother figure during the critical period for attachment formation?

    <p>Maternal deprivation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In Bowlby's study of 44 juvenile thieves, what was associated with maternal deprivation?

    <p>Affectionless psychopathy and mental retardation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term did Bowlby use to describe the idea that an individual can only form one intense attachment, typically with the mother?

    <p>Monotropy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term did Bowlby use to describe the innate tendency for adults to care for a child, which is activated by social releasers such as a cute face?

    <p>Mammalian caregiving response</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Bowlby's theory, what is the primary consequence of being raised in an orphanage or institution with poor caregiver-to-child ratios?

    <p>Disinhibited social engagement and indiscriminate friendliness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term did Bowlby use to describe the mental schema or cognitive representation of relationships that guides an individual's behavior in interpersonal interactions?

    <p>Internal working model</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Bowlby's theory, what is the primary consequence of experiencing emotional neglect or abuse during the critical period for attachment formation?

    <p>Impaired ability to form intimate relationships in adulthood</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term did Bowlby use to describe the specific time period during which an attachment can form between a child and a caregiver?

    <p>Critical period</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Bowlby's theory, what is the primary consequence of experiencing multiple disruptions or changes in caregivers during the critical period for attachment formation?

    <p>Increased risk of developing reactive attachment disorder</p> Signup and view all the answers

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