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Attachment (Haven & Shaver Questionnaire (Limitations…
Attachment
Haven & Shaver Questionnaire
Investigate if childhood attachments affect adult relationships
620 responses analysed - 14-82 living in USA
IV-Childhood Attachments
DV-Quality of adult relationship
Questionnaire in Boston Newspaper
56% secure/25% Insecure avoidant/19% insecure Ambivalent
Adult relationships are affected by Childhood attachments
Limitations
Unrepresentative Sample
Social Desirabilty
Use of closed questions
Secure=10 years ,Insecure Avoidant=6 years ,Insecure Ambivalent= 5 years
Quality of relationships
Secure=Loving, Mutual Trust, Unlikely to get divorced
Insecure Avoidant= Jealousy, Happy to be single
Insecure Ambivalent=Obsession,Jealously, Likely to be divorced
Bowlby's Thepry
Instinct
Monotropy
Critical Period
Deprivation
Effects: Aggressive/ effects are irreversible
Privation
Effects: poor motor skills/ co-ordination skills
Criticisms
Form multiple Attachments
Deprivation is Reversible
Sensitive Period not Critical Period
Attachments can be learnt
Key Concepts
Attachment
Secure
Insecure Ambivalent
Insecure Avoidant
Separation Anxiety
Stranger Anxiety
Behavourism
Attachments learnt through reward
Bbay crys, mother feeds it, baby gets food and mother gets a smile or love from the baby
Conditioning
Rewards are given to both child and career
Applications
Hospitals
Skin-to-skin contact
To form bonds straight away
Adults allowed over night
Avoid seperation protest and stranger anxiety