Experiment : Psychology And Psychology

Those with insecure attachments tend to have lower relationship satisfaction compared to those who are securely attached. Those who have a secure attachment style provide a caregiving role, their behaviors are responsive and sensitive, non-controlling and show interest during interactions. Secures are affectionate with touch, enjoy physical contact (intimate & sexual) and are willing to ask for support. Individuals with an insecure anxious attachment are more self-focused and always looking for approval and support from their partner regardless of low and high stress situations. Anxious attachment individuals are also over caring and hyper vigilant. Lastly, individuals with an avoidant attachment value independence and have low levels of self-disclosure. Avoidant individuals are less likely to use touch to express affection and are uncomfortable with intimate sexual contact. In short, being aware of your attachment style and your partners can shed light on marital conflict and possible solutions and corrective behaviors to better marital

SCENARIO: A psychologist is planning to conduct a study that would examine pathological liars and the quality of their romantic relationships. You have been asked to provide the psychologist with a recommendation for which research method should be used to gather data on the pathological liars and their spouses.

Almost all human beings agree that everyone is different and that there is a need to experiment to better understand the differences within the human race. The role of scientific experiments in psychology is an attempt to better understand the mental process of humans and the possible discovery of something in human makeup that has not been noticed by past scientists and psychologists. Experiments can change the permanent thinking of psychologists and scientists. If one psychologist theorized an idea and every other generation agreed with that view, no one voicing an opposition to the idea, then psychologists would get nowhere in understanding the human mind, failing the innate purpose of psychology- to study and answer questions about actions, thoughts, and emotions. Thus, to fulfil the need of psychology, psychologists experiment and refer back to past psychologists for ways to expand.

Attachment theory was originally proposed by Bowlby (1969) as an explanation of interpersonal relationships, with particular focus in his work on the parent-child relationships which are formed in early childhood. He noted that this was an evolutionary need within us as humans to form close attachments to improve our rate of survival (Bowlby, 1969). He later also theorized that these attachment styles would persist throughout life into adulthood (Bowlby, 1988). Further work on attachment theory by Bartholomew & Horowitz (1991) expanded on attachment styles and looked at the continuation of attachment style into adulthood. Using interviews with participants and the participants close friends they found evidence for four types of adult attachment styles: Secure, Preoccupied, Dismissing and Fearful (Bartholomew & Horowitz 1991). Further support for adult attachments styles is from Mikulincer & Shaver (2004) showing that attachments styles persist from childhood into adulthood demonstrating bowlby 's later hypothesis

Fraley (2002) completed a meta analysis of studies concerning attachment in order to investigate the level of attachment pattern’s continuity throughout life. The study indicated that there was a certain stability of the attachment pattern, and that the stability is independent of time. Even though it is theorized that a secure pattern will be likely to stay unchanged, it is still indicated that experiences such as bad relationships will be able to change the attachment pattern (Fraley,

The AAI classifies adult attachment in three main classifications: Secure-Autonomous (F), Insecure Dismissing (Ds), and Insecure-Preoccupied (E) (IJzendoorn & Bakermans, 2010). In this case, Ms. Johnson was classified in the Insecure-Preoccupied (E) attachment category; however, further assessment is needed. Adults in this category often highlight the negative impact of her attachment experiences, but still demonstrate constant preoccupation with her relationships (IJzendoorn & Bakermans, 2010). In addition, adults with high attachment anxiety have fear of rejection, abandonment, and obsessive needs for emotional dependence. For example, Ms. Johnson reported that she experienced several long-term abusive relationships. Individuals scoring high

This data is reliable as there were multiple trials that were conducted during the span of one class period with no interruptions. The data was also collected in the same way each time and with the controlled variables of strength of gravity and mass of the weight on the string kept to a constant as they were unchanged during the experiment.  However, the poor and difficult to use apparatus and the errors in the data show that this experiment is unreliable and cause the controlled variable of the degree of the swing difficult to keep consistent.

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Attachment research has predominately thought of attachment as a single personality trait constant across relationships. Early research on adult attachment was based on the thought that individual differences were categorical and that people fell into one of several different attachment styles, such as secure, avoidant, or anxious-ambivalent. Although the categorical model continues to guide much of attachment research, it is now challenged by the dimensional model of adult attachment styles. The current study uses modern taxometric methods to compare the two models to see if adults have a categorical attachment style or a dimensional attachment style.

Dr. Susan Johnson’s work has been on the frontline of applying adult attachment theory to the therapeutic process. Adult attachment helps explain the perplexing behavior amongst intimate adult relationships. In EFFT, it is essential to assess for client’s attachment history, and identify possible attachment injury. Attachment injury is a specific type of violation, abandonment, betrayal, loss, crisis, affair etc. and when the other person fails to offer the needed nurturance and support; the injury profoundly redefines the relationship as an unsafe one (Gehart, 2014). I will go into further detail of the attachment injury as I explain the presenting

During the weekend on April 28th, I went over my boyfriend’s house where he had his baby cousin over. For the sake of his confidentiality, we’ll call him Nate. Nate is a 3 year old Filipino boy who is the youngest child in his household along with his older brother and parents. Before beginning my observation, I have discussed my intentions with his parents, which they then gave me permission to observe and record Nate’s behavior during the day.

This study was approved by institutional boards that are mostly health science centers. In which the participants signed a contract on the experiment and did an assessment about what they were going to accomplish. Also, they needed to be in captivated in the group therapy for the stress studies. However, inclusion-

After taking the attachment quiz, I found my attachment-related anxiety score was 1.56, on a scale from 1 to 7 which means: “low anxiety” and my attachment-related avoidance score was 1.00, on a scale ranging from 1 to 7, which means: “low avoidance.” When these two scores are combined, it showed that my attachment style according to this assessment is secure, meaning that being alone or expressing my emotions to a partner isn’t a problem for me.

This study will use, an intelligence test, an impulsivity test, a questionnaire, and a consent form.

In the future, I ultimately intend to be a psychologist. With being a psychologist, I am taking on the responsibility on how to lead people into having an overall better life and promote positive change for them. Psychologists often specialize in studying and examining the brain and human behavior. That being said, psychology is a very important branch of science that attempts to help us stay sane!