Weakness - Internal Working Model

One problem with research linking the internal working model (early attachment) with later relationships experiences is that…

It is correlation rather than experimental

Therefore, we cannot claim that the relationships between early attachment and later relationships…

Is one of cause and effect

The ____________ is an alternative explanation to the continuity hypothesis

Temperament hypothesis

This view is that some infants are __________, leading to a ___________ that determines the kind of relationship they have ________

Born friendly

Secure attachment

Later in life

This suggests it is not attachments in early life that lead to later relationships but…

The child's own innate temperament

This is a limitation as it us counter to Bowlby's view that the…

Internal working model caused these later outcomes