Outline and evaluate the influence of childhood experiences on adult relationships Adult relationships are not just influenced by biological or inherited factors. Upbringing‚ socialisation and childhood also play an important part in later adult relationships. Attachment is the emotional tie between two people that is shown in their behaviours. Attachment theory‚ put forward by Bowlby‚ argues that childhood relationships are prototypes for ones adult relationships. There is some evidence for this
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Q. Outline the influence of childhood and/or adolescents experiences on later adults relationships (8+16) Individuals differ in their relationships; psychologists have researched whether adult relationships are related to early experiences in life. Bowlby believes that the type of relationship the individual has with their primary caregiver gives a basis of a future relationship. This is called the internal working model. The fear of strangers represents an important survival mechanism
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Examine the influence of childhood experiences on adult relationships: Adult relationships are influenced by our internal working model as proposed by Bowlby. Our internal working model is developed throughout our life and contains information about an individuals development and functioning. In terms of the internal working model in childhood‚ it is based on early experiences with the mother or primary care giver (monotropy – one special attachment figure). Therefore‚ our internal working model
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Desribe and evaluate the influence of childhod experiences on adult relationships According to John Bowlby’s theory of attachment – specifically the concept of the internal working model‚ later relationships are likely to be a continuation of early attachment types (secure/insecure) because the behaviour of infants promotes an internal working model or schema which leads to the infant expecting the same in later relationships. For example‚ someone with an avoidant attachment type is more likely
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hood and adolescent experiences shape our personality. Whether we are tended to adequately as a child‚ peer pressure and attachment all seem to play some role in shaping our personality which would have implications for future relationships. Childhood and adolescent experiences are said to have an influence on later relationships. Shaver suggests there are three things which influence our later relationships‚ care giving‚ attachment type and attitude towards sexual experiences. The idea that out
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Discuss the influence of childhood on adult relationships (8 +16) Childhood is the early ages in a person’s life. In childhood we all have difference experiences that shape who we become and how we interact. There are multiple explanation into the influence of attachment styles and interaction with peers on relationships as an adult. Bowlby proposed the internal working model to explain the influence of childhood on adult relationships. He suggested that the type and quality of relationship that a child
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Bowlby suggests that there is a direct link between childhood relationships and adult relationships. He suggested that individuals develop an internal working model of the self in relationship to the primary attachment figure‚ based in early experiences. The internal models influence the child’s expectations about future relationships. Adult relationships are likely to reflect early attachment styles. (secure or insecure) This was illustrated in the ‘love-quiz’ experiment by Hazan and Shaver
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Discuss the influence of childhood and/or adolescent experiences on adult relationships. (9 marks + 16 marks) The internal working model is a system during infancy that determines what we experience as romantic relationships as adults. According to Bowlby‚ later relationships are likely to be a continuation of early attachment styles (insecure or secure). This internal working model can‚ in extreme cases‚ cause them to develop an attachment disorder. Children with attachment disorders may avoid
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Discuss the influence of childhood experiences on adult relationships (9+16 marks) Bowlby in 1969 proposed the internal working model which suggested that early childhood experiences would determine the adult relationships that child would have in the future. Infants primary attachment style is carried through into adult life so would expect the same expectations in later relationships. Shaver et al suggested three behavioural systems that are acquired in infancy which are attachment which is
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Discuss the influence of childhood on adult relationships. (24 Marks) Many attachment psychologists argue that early relationships with our primary caregivers provide the foundation for later adult relationships. Bowlby called this the continuity hypothesis. This is the claim that early relationship experiences continue in later adult relationships. According to the attachment theory‚ young children develop an ’internal working model’ from their first relationship with their primary carer. This
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