The Effects of Attachment Style on Adult Romantic Relationships Abstract Individual attachment style and its effects on adult romantic relationships were examined. The hypothesis of this literature review was that insecure attachment style would negatively affect the overall dynamic of adult romantic relationships while secure attachment would promote positive and healthy romantic relationships. Empirical studies looking at attachment style and relationship issues such as one’s views of self
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Outline and Evaluate research into Cultural Variation in attachment If attachment is a biological innate process‚ as Bowlby’s theory suggests‚ then secure attachment should be the best form for all humans regardless of variations in culture. However‚ there is much research against this statement‚ making us question whether attachment is or is not a biological innate process at all. Studies such as Ainsworth’s Uganda research support Bowlby’s theory. She observed how infants in Uganda‚ like in the US
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Running head: APPLYING THEORY Applying Theory Dinah M. Creamer University of Washington-Tacoma Human Behavior and the Social Environment TSOCW402-Theodora A. Drescher November 24‚ 2008 OUTLINE This paper will focus on problems commonly linked to adolescents and their formation of relationships by applying attachment theory. INTRODUCTION PART ONE: Development milestones and tasks in adolescents (ages 13 to 18 years) • Attachment experiences • Trust
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Dismissing-Avoidant Attachment Style (Chapter 1) The type of attachment style one develops during childhood‚ plays an important role in one’s future intimate relationships. Dismissing-avoidant attachment style in adults is characterized by individuals lacking the need to have close intimate relationships with others in their lives. Individuals that possess this type of attachment are usually self-reliant in their daily lives lacking the need of support from others. This type of attachment style in adults
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Individual attachments styles can affect the type of love relationships later on in life because one learns behavioral traits as a young child. Robert Sternberg introduced us to his Love Triangle theory in 1988. He explained that the way a person was brought up as a child can affect the way they express themselves as adults. The question remains as to why does this affect one as an adult. If one is taught from right and wrong then why does one express themselves negatively towards others? According
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behavior and attachment to his mother through the lens of John Bowlby’s theory of attachment and Margaret Mahler’s Theory of Separation-Individuation. Bowlby’s theory of attachment suggests that children instinctually form attachments with others to help them survive. Overtime children learn to depend on the caregiver and recognize that they will be there to comfort them and keep them safe. Attachment behaviors develop to protect against situations that threaten the closeness of those attachments. Bowlby
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put forward different explanations of attachment‚ such as learning theory and Bowlby’s theory. Outline and evaluate one or more explanations of attachment One explanation of attachment is Bowlby’s theory who described attachment as "lasting psychological connectedness between human beings" Bowlby believed that the earliest bonds formed by children with their caregivers have a tremendous impact that continues throughout life. According to Bowlby‚ attachment also serves to keep the infant close
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Infants and toddlers need to be helped to make secure emotional attachment to adults. There are many advantages in an infant and toddlers emotional attachment to caregivers. Infants pay special attention to attachment figures. This attention helps the child learn from how the adult reacts and how they speak. Infants learn through informal direction‚ not a formal lesson or instruction from a teacher. Infants and toddlers learn how to respond to events based on how their caregiver(s) react. Emotional
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there are four main attachment styles: Secure attachment‚ insecure resistant attachment‚ insecure avoidant attachment‚ and disorganized attachment. Secure attachment is when children seek proximity to the caregiver when distressed‚ derive comfort‚ and effectively reenter the world of exploration. Next‚ there is insecure attachment styles were the child experiences can sometimes be detrimental —to prosocial development. (Gross 2013). An example of insecure resistant attachment is when the child is
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Discuss research related to failure to form attachment 12 Marks AO1 = /6 AO2 = /6 Curtis et al. studied the case of Genie‚ a girl who was left in isolation until being found at the age of 13‚ and being beaten when she made noise. When she was found she could barely walk‚ and could not talk. Researchers and doctors managed to tech her minimal vocabulary; however she could never string a sentence together and did not fully recover. Perhaps this was due to early emotional privation or the late
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