CMU Psychology Department

102intro · 102intro

Perhaps the feeling of attachment itself is a characteristic that a child learns form his parents. Generally a child who is securely attched comes from a stable home where parents are healthy and secure. In the same way, a child who comes from an unstable home where the parents are insecure, hostile a...

poptart94 · poptart94

The correlation seen between attachment type and well-being later in life may be because of a third variable. For example, perhabs more nurturing, supportive, involved mothers tend to develop a secure attachment with their child. Mothers of this type would be supportive throughout school, gi...

102intro · 102intro

These studies have attachment as the independent variable and well-being later in life as the dependent variable. While children with secure attachment tend to be better off later as the results of the experiments state, correlation does not equal causataion. Thus well-being being a direct fact...

freewillie · freewillie

Another variable that might influence IV and DV is the amount of interaction a baby has with strangers. A baby might have a very secure base, but if he does not get a lot of opportunities to practice interacting with strangers, his comfort level levels with strangers might not be as high as a baby who ha...

thli · thli

One variable I find to have an extremely obvious influence is social status. The textbook even mentions that middle class families more often have infants that are secure. I'm sure growing up in a generally better environment is psychologically beneficial for an infant. In effect, it's not the se...

102intro · 102intro

Those who grew up with a secure attachment to ther family, probably grew up in a safer and more friendly environment or neighborhood in general, so they might just be having a better life because they stay in safer environments and therefore its easier for them to have better relationships with those...

102intro · 102intro

It is true that correlation does not imply causation. There are many factors that influence the well-being of a child, not just developmental attachment. For example, the financial security of a child's family has an effect on both attachment and later well-being. In low income families, both par...

bob · bob

Consider that household income affects the proportion of attachment styles in children. Could not this variable also be a major contributing factor to well being later in life? The culture of the middle class home and the types of situations it puts a child through and thus trains them for later in l...

102intro · 102intro

Attachment with the mother has a correlation with well-being, but in the case of extended families vs nuclear families, attachment is not always strongest with the mother. In cultures where extended families are more predominant than nuclear families, any family member may have a stronger attac...

102intro · 102intro

The bond between a mother and a child is a bond like no other. Even before birth, the mother is the protector, secret keeper, and provider for the child. And this bond is usually secured throughout life. But some children are not raised with secure bases and do not have this kind of bond. The only ways tha...

102intro · 102intro

K. Attachment styles and well-being can have a correlational relationship, but I think each individual's personality can have an influence. Even if a child was not given much attention by parents and did not have secure attachment, the child's innate personality may bring something else and sti...

102intro · 102intro

I think that the environment the child experiences while growing up will effect how they develop. The outside world has many influences that can affect a child, not just how attached the child is to a parent, or caregiver. Many different things can occur that could affect how the child eventually de...

102intro · 102intro

A persons well-being in a society can be effected by variables other than their attachment levels such as sociability and their ability to have healthy relationships with people other than their parents.

102intro · 102intro

Secure attachment might not necessarily have a direct cause and effect relationship with better well-being later in life because there are other factors that can influence both characteristics. For instance, if a child had a particularly sensitive mother or father, this could be responsible fo...

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I do believe that the type of attachment they develop highly correlates to how they will be later in life. For example, a variable that might develop the anxious/avoidant attachment are parents that were unavailable such as constantly working parents. These insecure parents would spend a lot of ti...

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I think a factor is society and the environment the child grows up in. Not only does the family and the nurturing of the child have an impact on the childs well being, but also the friends that the child makes. If he or she is popular, then the child will have higher confidence and therefore have a better we...

102intro · 102intro

Numerous factors in childhood can affect the type of attachment between mother and child, and hence the well-being of the child in later years. One particular factor could be the environment in which the child was brought up in. A loving, caring environment in which the mother is dedicated to caring...

dream · dream

Even though attachment can play an important role in shaping someone's well-being in the future, other factors can still have huge impact. I think the environment that person lives in, and the experiences that person have definitely play huge roles. For example, if a person lives in good environme...

102intro · 102intro

Another variable that would influence a childs attachment and well being in life could be the background of that childs family. Different cultures tend to have different parent-child relationships. For example one culture may not encourage too much affection or communication to establish a str...

102intro · 102intro

There are various factors that can affect the type of attachment that babies develop and how it impacts them later in life. Two factors that I believe has an affect are the culure/traditions that a child's family has and family dynamic. Both these factors can affect how the child develops relationsh...

102intro · 102intro

I believe that the relationship between the type of parent/child relationship and the child's well-being later on in life could be explained by the fact that lower-income families are more likely to be single-parent families. If the mom has to work to support the family, she will not be able to spend...

102intro · 102intro

I believe that attachment style does have an impact on a child's well being in the future but other dynamics in the child's life has reasonable effect as well. For example, if the child was bullied by other students in school or grew up in a household where there was abuse or intense arguing between the p...

102intro · 102intro

A variable that can affect later life would be the community that a child grows up in. For example, a community with a strong church influence and strong social awareness might cause a child to grow into a strongly religious missionary. On the other extreme, a child that grows up, say, in Stalingrad or...

102intro · 102intro

I guess there are a few things here to consider. I'll just mention two of the ones that I can think of, the first being that of genetics. Though I do not argue the way children are raised influence them greatly, genetics also greatly affect us. Some people just have what seems to be a family history of b...

102intro · 102intro

I think that secure attachment could greatly influence a childs well-being later in life. One of the variables that could influence this is the familys culture, and the different styles of child-rearing that are present in different parts of the world. Some cultures may hold the respect and revere...

102intro · 102intro

Although a child may start out with a secure relationship with his parent, that could change if the parent committed some action that made the child lose trust in the parent completely. This traumatic event would not only destroy the "secure" relationship, making it insecure, it would d...

102intro · 102intro

Another variable that might influence both the IV and the DV is the type of environment and atmosphere the child grew up in. For example, if the child grew up in a friendly neighborhood with a social atmosphere, the child may be more securely attached and have a higher well-being than a child who grew up...

102intro · 102intro

Obviously a child's future cannot be solely based on his/her attachment to the mother. An interesting article I read mentioned that physical abuse especially to the forehead can cause damage to the prefontal cortex which is responsible for moral judgements and personality. So hitting the child'...

102intro · 102intro

Another variable that would influence a childs attachment and well being in life could be the background of that childs family. Different cultures tend to have different parent-child relationships. For example one culture may not encourage too much affection or communication to establish a str...

102intro · 102intro

I believe that attachment is dependent on multiple variables, including internal issues such as personality and temperment, and external factors such as family life and environment. - Sean Park

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	Attachment Lab (Preview) Perhaps the feeling of attachment itself is a characteristic that a child learns form his parents. Generally a child who is securely attched comes from a stable home where parents are healthy and secure. In the same way, a child who comes from an unstable home where the parents are insecure, hostile a...	102intro	1	264	Nov 9, 2011 by mudgerocks
	Attachment Lab (Preview) The correlation seen between attachment type and well-being later in life may be because of a third variable. For example, perhabs more nurturing, supportive, involved mothers tend to develop a secure attachment with their child. Mothers of this type would be supportive throughout school, gi...	poptart94	0	214	Nov 9, 2011 by poptart94
	Attachment Lab (Preview) These studies have attachment as the independent variable and well-being later in life as the dependent variable. While children with secure attachment tend to be better off later as the results of the experiments state, correlation does not equal causataion. Thus well-being being a direct fact...	102intro	1	235	Nov 9, 2011 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) Another variable that might influence IV and DV is the amount of interaction a baby has with strangers. A baby might have a very secure base, but if he does not get a lot of opportunities to practice interacting with strangers, his comfort level levels with strangers might not be as high as a baby who ha...	freewillie	1	202	Nov 9, 2011 by thli
	Attachment Lab (Preview) One variable I find to have an extremely obvious influence is social status. The textbook even mentions that middle class families more often have infants that are secure. I'm sure growing up in a generally better environment is psychologically beneficial for an infant. In effect, it's not the se...	thli	0	173	Nov 9, 2011 by thli
	Correlation does not prove causation (Preview) Those who grew up with a secure attachment to ther family, probably grew up in a safer and more friendly environment or neighborhood in general, so they might just be having a better life because they stay in safer environments and therefore its easier for them to have better relationships with those...	102intro	0	216	Nov 9, 2011 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) It is true that correlation does not imply causation. There are many factors that influence the well-being of a child, not just developmental attachment. For example, the financial security of a child's family has an effect on both attachment and later well-being. In low income families, both par...	102intro	1	220	Nov 9, 2011 by bob
	Developmental Lab (Preview) Consider that household income affects the proportion of attachment styles in children. Could not this variable also be a major contributing factor to well being later in life? The culture of the middle class home and the types of situations it puts a child through and thus trains them for later in l...	bob	0	195	Nov 9, 2011 by bob
	Attachment Lab (Preview) Attachment with the mother has a correlation with well-being, but in the case of extended families vs nuclear families, attachment is not always strongest with the mother. In cultures where extended families are more predominant than nuclear families, any family member may have a stronger attac...	102intro	1	219	Nov 9, 2011 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) The bond between a mother and a child is a bond like no other. Even before birth, the mother is the protector, secret keeper, and provider for the child. And this bond is usually secured throughout life. But some children are not raised with secure bases and do not have this kind of bond. The only ways tha...	102intro	1	220	Nov 9, 2011 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab. (Preview) K. Attachment styles and well-being can have a correlational relationship, but I think each individual's personality can have an influence. Even if a child was not given much attention by parents and did not have secure attachment, the child's innate personality may bring something else and sti...	102intro	0	197	Nov 9, 2011 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) I think that the environment the child experiences while growing up will effect how they develop. The outside world has many influences that can affect a child, not just how attached the child is to a parent, or caregiver. Many different things can occur that could affect how the child eventually de...	102intro	1	210	Nov 9, 2011 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) A persons well-being in a society can be effected by variables other than their attachment levels such as sociability and their ability to have healthy relationships with people other than their parents.	102intro	0	203	Nov 9, 2011 by 102intro
	Attachment LAB (Preview) Secure attachment might not necessarily have a direct cause and effect relationship with better well-being later in life because there are other factors that can influence both characteristics. For instance, if a child had a particularly sensitive mother or father, this could be responsible fo...	102intro	3	248	Nov 9, 2011 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) I do believe that the type of attachment they develop highly correlates to how they will be later in life. For example, a variable that might develop the anxious/avoidant attachment are parents that were unavailable such as constantly working parents. These insecure parents would spend a lot of ti...	102intro	0	192	Nov 9, 2011 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) I think a factor is society and the environment the child grows up in. Not only does the family and the nurturing of the child have an impact on the childs well being, but also the friends that the child makes. If he or she is popular, then the child will have higher confidence and therefore have a better we...	102intro	2	243	Nov 9, 2011 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) Numerous factors in childhood can affect the type of attachment between mother and child, and hence the well-being of the child in later years. One particular factor could be the environment in which the child was brought up in. A loving, caring environment in which the mother is dedicated to caring...	102intro	0	207	Nov 9, 2011 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) Even though attachment can play an important role in shaping someone's well-being in the future, other factors can still have huge impact. I think the environment that person lives in, and the experiences that person have definitely play huge roles. For example, if a person lives in good environme...	dream	0	193	Nov 9, 2011 by dream
	Attachment LAb (Preview) Another variable that would influence a childs attachment and well being in life could be the background of that childs family. Different cultures tend to have different parent-child relationships. For example one culture may not encourage too much affection or communication to establish a str...	102intro	1	202	Nov 9, 2011 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) There are various factors that can affect the type of attachment that babies develop and how it impacts them later in life. Two factors that I believe has an affect are the culure/traditions that a child's family has and family dynamic. Both these factors can affect how the child develops relationsh...	102intro	0	196	Nov 9, 2011 by 102intro
	Attachment/developmental lab (Preview) I believe that the relationship between the type of parent/child relationship and the child's well-being later on in life could be explained by the fact that lower-income families are more likely to be single-parent families. If the mom has to work to support the family, she will not be able to spend...	102intro	2	248	Nov 9, 2011 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) I believe that attachment style does have an impact on a child's well being in the future but other dynamics in the child's life has reasonable effect as well. For example, if the child was bullied by other students in school or grew up in a household where there was abuse or intense arguing between the p...	102intro	3	244	Nov 9, 2011 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab NB (Preview) A variable that can affect later life would be the community that a child grows up in. For example, a community with a strong church influence and strong social awareness might cause a child to grow into a strongly religious missionary. On the other extreme, a child that grows up, say, in Stalingrad or...	102intro	0	187	Nov 9, 2011 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) I guess there are a few things here to consider. I'll just mention two of the ones that I can think of, the first being that of genetics. Though I do not argue the way children are raised influence them greatly, genetics also greatly affect us. Some people just have what seems to be a family history of b...	102intro	2	225	Nov 9, 2011 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) I think that secure attachment could greatly influence a childs well-being later in life. One of the variables that could influence this is the familys culture, and the different styles of child-rearing that are present in different parts of the world. Some cultures may hold the respect and revere...	102intro	1	222	Nov 9, 2011 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) Although a child may start out with a secure relationship with his parent, that could change if the parent committed some action that made the child lose trust in the parent completely. This traumatic event would not only destroy the "secure" relationship, making it insecure, it would d...	102intro	0	194	Nov 9, 2011 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) Another variable that might influence both the IV and the DV is the type of environment and atmosphere the child grew up in. For example, if the child grew up in a friendly neighborhood with a social atmosphere, the child may be more securely attached and have a higher well-being than a child who grew up...	102intro	0	196	Nov 9, 2011 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab! (Preview) Obviously a child's future cannot be solely based on his/her attachment to the mother. An interesting article I read mentioned that physical abuse especially to the forehead can cause damage to the prefontal cortex which is responsible for moral judgements and personality. So hitting the child'...	102intro	3	249	Nov 9, 2011 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) Another variable that would influence a childs attachment and well being in life could be the background of that childs family. Different cultures tend to have different parent-child relationships. For example one culture may not encourage too much affection or communication to establish a str...	102intro	0	195	Nov 9, 2011 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) I believe that attachment is dependent on multiple variables, including internal issues such as personality and temperment, and external factors such as family life and environment. - Sean Park	102intro	1	226	Nov 9, 2011 by chairphotog
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