CMN 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Attachment Theory, John Bowlby, Attachment In Adults

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 2130
• Professor: Mary Hawkins

Document Summary

Anxious-avoidant: desire to be emotionally intimate but, perceives that other don"t share, people don"t want to be attached to me, even if i want to be attached their interest to them". Dismissive-avoidant: would rather people not be dependent on them, and vice-versa. Fearful-avoidant: hopes to get close to people but worried about being hurt based on previous experience. The last three of these (3 avoidants) fall into category attachment insecurity": create situations that push people away, to self-fulfill prophecy of rejection, self-destructive tendencies or explosive behaviors, majority of people wrestle with these challenges in relationships. Get to know your attachment pattern by reading up on attachment theory. If you don"t already have a great therapist with expertise in attachment theory, find one. Seek out partners with secure attachment styles. If your partner sucks, or you don"t have one, go to couple"s therapy. Non-western societies tend to offer up compelling counter-examples.