Exam 4: Attachment: Forming Close Relationships

Changes in attachment can go either way, but it is more common for secure children to become insecure

Children who form insecure-avoidant attachments:

Controversies regarding Bowlby's theory include:

A scenario in which parent and child are separated and reunited so that investigators can assess the nature and quality of the parent infant attachment relationship:

An infant's attachment to one special person, usually the mother, emerges by:

Which of the following accurately describes the relation between internal working models and social behaviors:

"Dismissing" adults recall many conflict-ridden incidents from their childhood and cannot organize them into a coherent pattern

When 4-year olds who lived their first year in an orphanage before being adopted were compared with 4-year-olds who had been raised at home:

The phase of attachment that is characterized by children understanding parents' needs:

Ethological theory:

Factors associated with a secure attachment include:

Adults who constantly worry about being abandoned are likely to have relationships that are:

The established link between parent sensitivity and secure attachment is true:

Children who form insecure-avoidant attachments often have parents whose attachment type is:

The stability of attachment security from infancy to adulthood is characterized as

This theory of attachment development highlights the ability to differentiate between familiar and unfamiliar people:

The theory that children's attachment histories matter less than the continuity or discontinuity of the child's experiences and relationships with parents is:

Contextual variables that make it more likely that a child will develop a secure attachment to mother include the following:

The phase of attachment that is characterized by separation protest and intentional communication:

The number of attachments a child can form is unlimited