1. Starter
Outline what you already know about Bowlby’s through drawing images on whiteboards

2. In pairs, answer the following
Do you think your relationships with your parents as a child affects your future relationships?
1:00
Think
2:00
Pair

3. How could this be measured?

4. Hazan & Shaver (1987)
Hazan and Shaver used a questionnaire called ‘The Love Quiz’ to examine current attachment experiences and attachment history
620 people responded to the questionnaire which was published in the Rocky Mountain News.

5. What type of sampling method did Hazan and Shaver use?
Volunteer sample
What are the problems with this sampling method?
Unrepresentative
Can lead to a bias
Why?
Think of the type of people likely to respond to the advert! Eg a daytime tv advert wont attract someone who works 9-5

6. What does this mean?
Hazan & Shaver (1987)
Results: They found a positive correlation between attachment type and later love experiences. Conclusion: The results support Bowlby’s idea of an internal working model and suggest that our early childhood experiences affect our later adult relationships.
What is this

7. However, what are issues with Hazan and Shaver’s (1987) research?
Population validity
Sampling bias
Social desirability
Privacy
Socially sensitive research

8. Rutter 1998
Carried out research on orphans who did not form an attachment during the critical period
Rutter found that when the children were adopted into UK or US families they were still able to form an attachment, but it took them longer to do so
He claimed that the idea of a critical period was wrong and introduce the idea of a ‘sensitive period’
This refutes Bowlby’s theory

9. PEEL the Rutter (1998) study
Point
Example/evidence
Explain

10. Point
Evidence or Example
Explain
One limitation of Bowlby’s theory comes from research by Rutter et al. (1998)
Rutter et al. (1998) carried out research on orphans who did not form an attachment during the critical period. Rutter found that when the children were adopted into UK or US families they were still able to form an attachment, but it took them longer to do so. He claimed that the idea of a critical period was wrong and therefore it should be called a ‘sensitive period’.
This matters because it suggests that Bowlby’s original theory is not correct, as children are still able to form an attachment after their critical period (contrary to what Bowlby claimed), but it takes them longer to do so.

11. 4 studies 4 groups
Each group will individually read a study Group 1: Lorenz (1935) Group 2: Schaffer & Emerson (1964) Group 3: Rutter (1981) Group 4: Lamb et al. (1982) PAGE 118 in Black Mask textbook

12. Each person in the group will make their own notes on the study they have read…
Who conducted the study? When?
What does the study suggest about attachment?
Does this support or refute Bowlby’s theory?

13. When you have done this, discuss in groups what you have found
You should then fill in the first box of Handout 2 based on what you have learned from this study
You will all then decide 2 key terms from your study
You will make a poster using these two terms (you may draw images)

14. You will rely on each other to remember the key information
In groups you will nominate one person to stay at ‘home’
‘Home’ is where one person will sit with their poster
Each person in the group (apart from the person staying at ‘home’) will then go to one other groups ‘home’ and be told about their study
When there, the person who’s ‘home’ you are at will tell you the important information from their study
IMPORTANT:
You will rely heavily on your memory as you are not allowed to take your sheet with you
You will rely on each other to remember the key information

15. When you are back home, you will complete the next box on your handout
When you return ‘home’ you must tell the individual who remained at ‘home’ the information you have learned
You will rotate who stays at home (so every person stays home once) and do this for the other studies!

16. PEEL all four of the studies!
Point
Evidence or Example
Explain
Link to question