OK, I'm tossing in my two cents, mostly because I don't know much about this area of study, and so am approaching it from that perspective--of someone who has to decide what to believe when given minimal evidence.
I'd say I'd want a lot more evidence. This sounds to me like it's too neat and clean for human behavior. And does the sentence below mean that there are 3 distinct attachment styles that are similar to those that children are seen to exhibit with their parents, or does it imply that whatever style someone had in childhood is likely to be stable and consistently expressed throughout adulthood? I was confused by the sentence. Unfortunately, the most difficult thing about teaching is that we sometimes teach things we know little about and have to rely on our text author's expertise--and all things being equal, if the author is strong in those areas that I am familiar with then I have to have some faith that the author is strong in others. However, I do find myself, sometimes, having to really pursue some things more than I might otherwise, when I am uncomfortable teaching them, and sometimes I omit teahcing things about which I don't feel I have a strong enough background. Any 'developmental' tipsters know more--because I have to admit this caught my eye. Annette (well, I'll probably play around with pyschinfo tonight just for kicks :-) Quoting "Erin A. Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Allan wrote: > > What evidence has been adduced to show that this is in fact the case? Or > is this just one of those ideas that is favoured for no better reason than > that it is in accord with the dominant twentieth century view that adult > behaviour is largely determined by familial and/or environmental factors? > > I write: > > I am just going by what my Adolescence textbook (Arnett, 2004) says: > > "Attachment styles between lovers have been found to resemble the > parent-child > attachment styles...secure, anxious-ambivalent, and anxious-avoidant." The > citation provided is as follows: > > Shaver, P. R. & Hazan C. (1993). Adult romantic attachmenr: Theory and > evidence. In D. Perlman & W. Jones (Eds.), Advances in personal > relationships > (Vol 4, pp. 29-70). London: Jessica Kingsley. > > > -- > * * * * * * * * > Erin A. Kennedy, M.S. > Saint Louis University > Department of Psychology > 3511 Laclede Avenue > St. Louis, MO 63103 > (314) 977-2262 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > pages.slu.edu/faculty/kennedea/ > * * * * * * * * > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Department of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
