Romantic attachment styles | Psychology homework help

that is the type that finest describes me

Avoidant attachment type: I’m considerably uncomfortable being near others. I discover it troublesome to belief them utterly and troublesome to permit myself to depend upon them. I’m nervous when anybody will get too shut, and infrequently, love companions need me to be extra intimate than I really feel snug being.

Romantic Attachment Kinds

There are three main romantic attachment kinds. One fast technique to uncover your romantic attachment type is to decide on which of the next descriptions finest describes you. Take a minute to do that:

Safe attachment type: I discover it comparatively straightforward to get near others and am snug relying on them and having them depend upon me. I don’t typically fear about being deserted or about somebody getting near me.

Avoidant attachment type: I’m considerably uncomfortable being near others. I discover it troublesome to belief them utterly and troublesome to permit myself to depend upon them. I’m nervous when anybody will get too shut, and infrequently, love companions need me to be extra intimate than I really feel snug being.

Anxious/ambivalent attachment type: I discover that others are reluctant to get as shut as I would love. I typically fear that my companion does not likely love me or won’t need to stick with me. I need to merge utterly with one other individual, and this want typically scares individuals away. (Kenrick, Neuberg, & Cialdini, 2007 p.270)

In a 2- to Three-page paper talk about the next:

• Primarily based on the above descriptions what romantic attachment type finest describes you?

• How has this attachment type affected your previous and/or present relationships?

• How has this attachment type additionally affected your non-romantic relationships?

• Is your romantic attachment type much like the attachment type you had together with your dad and mom while you had been younger?

• If it’s the identical why do you suppose it has not modified? Whether it is completely different what experiences as an grownup do you suppose result in this variation?

• What sort of conditions would possibly an grownup expertise that will shift their childhood attachment type to a distinct grownup romantic relationship type?

          Safe (as a toddler) to anxious/ambivalent (as an grownup)

          Avoidant (as a toddler) to safe (as an grownup)

Submit your response to the M4: Project 2 Dropbox by Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Your response needs to be a minimum of two pages lengthy.