Attachment Styles
In chapter 9 on page 178 we will look at a figure that is about communication with others. By using social interactions with others to shape views of ourselves. Attachment styles "are patterns of care giving which teaches us how to view ourselves and personal relationships."
The attachment style was developed by John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth (1991). John Bowlby observe interactions between parents and children concluding that attachment styles were developed by self through earlier relationships. Through the attachment styles we are able to shape personal understanding of oneself. In Figure 9.1 There are four panels of different attachment styles fearful, dismissive, secure, and anxious/ambivalent. On …show more content…
Fearful attachment style is "cultivated when the primary caregiver communicates in negative, rejecting, or abusive ways with the child." Theses relationships result in the child to feel unlovable and unworthy. They may feel insecure relationships because of past negative relationships with others that affected their views on themselves.
" A dismissive attachment style is also promoted by caregivers who are interested in rejecting of , or abusive toward children. " This attachment style follows positive views of self and negative views of others. In the dismissive attachment style relationships can be considered unnecessary and undesirable. Dismissive, fearful, and secure attachment styles all follow similar patterns. These patterns form from treatments by caregiver. One of the attachment styles that don not follow the pattern is anxious/ ambivalent attachment style.
Anxious/ ambivalent attachment style is "characterized by preoccupation with relationship, that displays a intimacy as wanted and feared." The style is fostered through inconsistent treatment from the caregiver. The caregiver may be loving then become rejecting making the caregiver
In chapter 9 on page 178 we will look at a figure that is about communication with others. By using social interactions with others to shape views of ourselves. Attachment styles "are patterns of care giving which teaches us how to view ourselves and personal relationships."
The attachment style was developed by John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth (1991). John Bowlby observe interactions between parents and children concluding that attachment styles were developed by self through earlier relationships. Through the attachment styles we are able to shape personal understanding of oneself. In Figure 9.1 There are four panels of different attachment styles fearful, dismissive, secure, and anxious/ambivalent. On …show more content…
Fearful attachment style is "cultivated when the primary caregiver communicates in negative, rejecting, or abusive ways with the child." Theses relationships result in the child to feel unlovable and unworthy. They may feel insecure relationships because of past negative relationships with others that affected their views on themselves.
" A dismissive attachment style is also promoted by caregivers who are interested in rejecting of , or abusive toward children. " This attachment style follows positive views of self and negative views of others. In the dismissive attachment style relationships can be considered unnecessary and undesirable. Dismissive, fearful, and secure attachment styles all follow similar patterns. These patterns form from treatments by caregiver. One of the attachment styles that don not follow the pattern is anxious/ ambivalent attachment style.
Anxious/ ambivalent attachment style is "characterized by preoccupation with relationship, that displays a intimacy as wanted and feared." The style is fostered through inconsistent treatment from the caregiver. The caregiver may be loving then become rejecting making the caregiver