Attraction and Close Relationships - The importance of relationships - Attachment

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What does the attachment theory propose about a person's attachment as a child and their attachment going into adulthood - in which a person's attachment style affects both support seeking and giving?

The type of attachment between an infant and its caregiver forms the basis for the ability to maintain stable and intimate relationships in adulthood

What does the attachment theory propose about a person's attachment as a child and their attachment going into adulthood - in which a person's attachment style affects both support seeking and giving?

The type of attachment between an infant and its caregiver forms the basis for the ability to maintain stable and intimate relationships in adulthood

What type of attachment styles are the following descriptions likely to develop:
  1. Caregivers responsive to their needs, available when in distress --> positive view of self and others
  2. Caregivers unresponsive to their needs, no support when in distress --> maintaining emotional distance because others are not trustworthy
  3. Caregivers unresponsive to their needs, no support when in distress --> compulsively seeking closeness and intimacy, worry about relationships, lack of self-confidence

  1. Secure attachment
  2. Insecure avoidant attachment
  3. Insecure anxious/ambivalent attachment

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