Author Question: Becky was part of an infant attachment study when she was a baby, participating in a strange ... (Read 73 times)

kamilo84 · **on:** Jul 31, 2018

Becky was part of an infant attachment study when she was a baby, participating in a strange situation test with her mother.

Later, as a young adult, Becky participated in an attachment interview assessing her adult representation of her attachment to her mother. Based on other studies of this kind, which of the following findings is likely?
a. Becky's infant attachment status will be unrelated to her adult attachment category.
b. Becky's infant attachment status is likely to be predictive of her adult attachment category.
c. Attachment theorists predict that the two attachment assessments will be related to each other, but no longitudinal research exists yet.
d. Attachment theorists predict that the two attachment assessments will not be related to each other, but no research exists yet.

Question 2

Among the important differences between adult-adult attachments and child-adult attachments is the

a. greater degree of symmetry in adult-adult attachments.
b. greater reliance on physical presence in adult-adult attachments.
c. greater tolerance for separation in child-adult attachments.
d. greater reliance on felt-security in chid-adult attachments.