PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Attachment In Adults, Attachment Theory, Trait Theory
22 Feb 2018
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Types (eg. friendship, family, romantic) and styles (eg. Types (eg. friendship, family, romantic) and styles (eg. companionate, passionate) of relationships. Evolution has wired humans to seek closeness and, thereby, emotional security. We learn patterns of closeness, developing "working models" of how best to achieve closeness and emotional security; to know how to get to that emotional security. Someone we can rely on someone if we are distressed, in need. Unclear whether people"s attachment patterns in adulthood are directly derived from their patterns in childhood. Many people believe: we won"t consider whether this is based on childhood. Secure: easy to become emotionally close to others. Anxious (preoccupied): want to be intimate with others but find that others are reluctant to get close. Dismissive-avoidant: comfortable without close emotional relationships; important to feel independent. Fearful-avoidant: uncomfortable getting close to others; difficult to trust others. Approximate percentages in most studies using a three category approach:
