PSYCH 3AC3 Lecture Notes - Psych, Likert Scale
10 Apr 2014
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By age 5- based on the relation with mom. Mom= safe base (receive comfort from her) warm/sensitive, makes you feel loveable/valuable and makes you think that others think so too. Mom= rejecting/ cold makes you feel unlovable/not valuable- makes you think that others think you are unlovable/not valuable either. 3 childhood styles (that last into adulthood) Insecure-ambivalent: anxious attachment, sometimes mom provides safe base, other times she completely rejects you, anxious to approach mom for help think what do i do to get the love/attention but also the rejection blame self, support is inconsistent. Emotionally avoidant, don"t form attachments, if i need someone, they will just reject me . Four styles based on degree of: fear of abandonment avoidance of intimacy. Secure: low on fear of abandonment and low on avoidance of intimacy great romantic partners- aren"t afraid of getting into relationship, feel strong and want to have a relationship with another person.
