Attachment Styles/Research Methods Notes

Bartholomew�s Attachment Styles
 pg. 15-19

�Secure: anxiety of abandonment � low/avoidance of intimacy � low; trusting; open; comfortable with intimacy and interdependence.

�Preoccupied: anxiety of abandonment � high/avoidance of intimacy � low; need others approval; �clingy�; jealous.

�Dismissing: anxiety of abandonment � low/avoidance of intimacy � high; independent; uninterested in intimacy

�Fearful: anxiety of abandonment � high/avoidance of intimacy � high; fear rejection; avoid intimacy; untrusting; suspicious  

Chapter 2

Research Methods

�Research Methods in Relationship Science

�Research within this discipline is still new

�Design

�Correlational: Are these two things connected?

�Experimental: cause and effect

��phantom-other� technique (attraction studies)

�Lab experiment

�Filled out questionnaire and then looked at �another�s� finished questionnaire and were asked if they liked the person.  

�Longitudinal: Following same person/s over a long period of time

�Follow relationships in their natural settings (observation)

�Retrospective: Asking about past experiences

�Data issues

�Participants may misinterpret questions

�Difficulties recalling info

�Bias reports

�Self serving bias: take responsibility for positive things in their relationships, deny responsibility for negative

�Social desirability bias: people wish to make good impressions on others (�face saving�)