CMU Psychology Department

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One cannot define a causal relationship between attachment style and well-being because the well-being of a child is influenced by numerous factors and although attachment style is one of these factors, it is certainly not the primary one. These other forces/influences can be from the environme...

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Penname: D. Snark Some factors that might affect both childhood attachment and well-being in adulthood are race, familial values and wealth. If the parents of a child are both of a race that is descriminated against, then they could face difficulties in their working environment. Instead of fight...

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Penname: SteenBean While there is a correlation between certain types of attachment and the well-being of people later in life, this does not prove causation. There are other factors that must be taken into account, such as environmental and external factors. If a child was raised adequately and w...

charliepace · charliepace

It seems that attachment type must has some effect on overall well-being later in life, but as is the general theme with the development, temperament and attachment types are both causes and affects. Therefore, a child's attachment type can change throughout the course of life contingent with his...

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bambam! Independent variable: Attachment style of the child Dependent variable: The person's well-being later in life Additional Variable: I think that the child's environment plays a huge role in shaping who they are later in life. For example, if the child's parents are not around, the chi...

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Penname: Sizzle I do believe that there is a strong correlation between the attachment type and the type of lifestyle they will have further along in life because of the basic knowledge they build in their early years of attachment. However, I feel there are too many variables to distinctly predict s...

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Some of the characteristics that the book associates with having a good well-being can easily be acquired through superficial means. For example, popularity and positivity(happiness) can easily be attained, especially for little children, through the gifting of something that they deserv...

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Pen name: harry Another variable that can influence the attachment and the persons outcome later in life is the socioeconomic group that the person or family is a member of. For example, if the family is from a poor background, it is likely that the parents will have to spend more time working for money...

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penname: HeartEC I do not think there is one specific cause that influences well-being and attachment but one may be the internal state of the family the child is in. If the parents are nurturing and get along well, the child will feel loved as well and be more securely attached. If the parents are const...

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Pen name: Smashing Squirrels There are many things that can influence both the dependent and independent variables in this experiment. One example is if a child is malnourished. He would not form a secure attachment as a child and the malnourishment could lead to many bad outcomes later in life too....

nygiantsgirl90 · nygiantsgirl90

pen name: nygiantsgirl90 I think that a contributing factor could be the kind of attachment the parents formed as children. They are like to repeat the same behaviors they observed in their own parents growing up, allowing them to form the same attachment with their own children. Contrarily, it is p...

marieinwood · marieinwood

This has been alluded to in previous posts, but I feel it necessary to reiterate the role socioeconomic status may play. I see socioeconomic status of being a crucial confound both in the development of attachment style and well-being later in life. I see attachment style as a direct result of the pa...

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pen name: WayneChrebet The perceived correlation between attachment and later well-being might not actually be a true correlation. For example, those children that were securely attached to their parents might have also been regular attenders at a church or other religious institution. There...

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Pen name: Pineapple There's an association between the attachment developed in youth and the well-being later in life. From the movie "wild Child" (the one produced in 2008), I realize that there are many other factors that can make an impact as well, such as peer pressure and influences...

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One alternate explanation for why children with secure attachments also do well later in life could be that children who are able to secure attachments have personalities which allow them to be secure with themselves, self-confident, and optimistic (that is, having the belief that one can succee...

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Pen Name: Dinosaur There are other factors that can effect the well-being of a child later in the future. Just because a child is securely attached doesn't necessarily mean that they will turn out perfectly well in the future. For example, say a child is securely attached and then his parents divorce...

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A possible alternative explanation is that children from a higher economic status are more likely to have a better well being later in life than children from a lower economic status. The textbook cites some statistics supporting this claim, "In middle-class families, roughly 60% of the inf...

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penname: Blanche Fiddlesprout In these experiments, the independent variable is the money the family has and the dependent variable is the type of attachment the child forms. However, another variable that influences the child is the love the parents give to the child.

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Penname: Sequoia Grill Looks like I disagree with a majority of the other posts, but I feel like after a child has been raised and developed a secure attachment, it is difficult to undo. Should you take a child with a secure attachment and subject said child to a moderate amount of distress, the child w...

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There is no one variable that determines whether a child with a secure attachment will become a better well being later in life. There are various aspects that may or may not affect the way a child will react and respond to different relationships, whether or not something happens earlier or later in c...

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I think that a child with secure attachment who exhibited leadership skills at toddler-age, had close friends and was popular among their peers could very well lose those leadership skills, find it difficult to make good friends and be generally liked, and possibly even develop an anxiety disorde...

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penname: mercedes An alternative explanation can be any traumatic experience or "big" event in someone's life such as divorce, sickness (fatal or not), arguments that hurt or destroy relationships, etc. In any of these cases, the person's well-being is drastically altered, usually...

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A variable that can affect attachment is the environment he or she is brought up and the kind of people the child associates with. It isnt just the parents who influence the attachment style of the child but the environment and his or her peers play a more important role. pen name: star

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Penname H - Any number of alternative factors could influence both the attachment pattern of infants and future relationships and thus produce a positive correlation between them. For example, essentially any constant factor in one's life that influences health could affect both the attachmen...

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Kas Children with parents who are always out working are not able to develop such strong attachments with them. Though the nanny may often replace the parents role as the caregiver of the child, sometimes they do not. However, less attachment with their parents at such a young age does not necessaril...

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In statistics we learn alot about lurking variables and that we should always consider that before we try to conclude a direct causation.My guess at other explanations have to do with being able to model and remember skills that are more useful. Another part of the reading that we did said that when pa...

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Penname: Hiro Protagonist Assuming that attachment is the IV, and success in later life is the DV, then you can find a correlation between the two. However, this does not mean that there is necessarily a causal effect. Another factor could come into play. For instance, what if there is another va...

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Penname: KasKas People who tend to have had secure attachments early in life only tend to have higher well-being later in life because there are other factors influencing the matter. Other factors may be the condition of family life for the child and the character he/she had the secure attachmen...

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pen name: whereiswaldo Having siblings can affect attachment with the parent. The older child may not form an appropriate attachment with the parent if the younger child is born very soon after. However, I would also argue that having siblings can help the attachment especially in a family where bo...

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Norbert: Another factor that could affect attachment is siblings in the house. If another child, for instance, is born very soon after the first child, the parents attention may shift to the younger child and the older one may not have the proper time to connect with the parent and feel attached. Al...

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	Attachment Lab (Preview) One cannot define a causal relationship between attachment style and well-being because the well-being of a child is influenced by numerous factors and although attachment style is one of these factors, it is certainly not the primary one. These other forces/influences can be from the environme...	102intro	0	230	Apr 7, 2009 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) Penname: D. Snark Some factors that might affect both childhood attachment and well-being in adulthood are race, familial values and wealth. If the parents of a child are both of a race that is descriminated against, then they could face difficulties in their working environment. Instead of fight...	102intro	0	260	Apr 7, 2009 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) Penname: SteenBean While there is a correlation between certain types of attachment and the well-being of people later in life, this does not prove causation. There are other factors that must be taken into account, such as environmental and external factors. If a child was raised adequately and w...	102intro	5	282	Apr 7, 2009 by Baggedlunch
	Development (Preview) It seems that attachment type must has some effect on overall well-being later in life, but as is the general theme with the development, temperament and attachment types are both causes and affects. Therefore, a child's attachment type can change throughout the course of life contingent with his...	charliepace	0	259	Apr 7, 2009 by charliepace
	Developmental Lab-Additional Variables (Preview) bambam! Independent variable: Attachment style of the child Dependent variable: The person's well-being later in life Additional Variable: I think that the child's environment plays a huge role in shaping who they are later in life. For example, if the child's parents are not around, the chi...	102intro	1	263	Apr 7, 2009 by 102intro
	developmental lab (Preview) Penname: Sizzle I do believe that there is a strong correlation between the attachment type and the type of lifestyle they will have further along in life because of the basic knowledge they build in their early years of attachment. However, I feel there are too many variables to distinctly predict s...	102intro	0	222	Apr 7, 2009 by 102intro
	Well-being (Preview) Some of the characteristics that the book associates with having a good well-being can easily be acquired through superficial means. For example, popularity and positivity(happiness) can easily be attained, especially for little children, through the gifting of something that they deserv...	102intro	2	305	Apr 7, 2009 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) Pen name: harry Another variable that can influence the attachment and the persons outcome later in life is the socioeconomic group that the person or family is a member of. For example, if the family is from a poor background, it is likely that the parents will have to spend more time working for money...	102intro	3	328	Apr 7, 2009 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) penname: HeartEC I do not think there is one specific cause that influences well-being and attachment but one may be the internal state of the family the child is in. If the parents are nurturing and get along well, the child will feel loved as well and be more securely attached. If the parents are const...	102intro	0	220	Apr 7, 2009 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) Pen name: Smashing Squirrels There are many things that can influence both the dependent and independent variables in this experiment. One example is if a child is malnourished. He would not form a secure attachment as a child and the malnourishment could lead to many bad outcomes later in life too....	102intro	0	241	Apr 7, 2009 by 102intro
	development and attachment lab (Preview) pen name: nygiantsgirl90 I think that a contributing factor could be the kind of attachment the parents formed as children. They are like to repeat the same behaviors they observed in their own parents growing up, allowing them to form the same attachment with their own children. Contrarily, it is p...	nygiantsgirl90	2	335	Apr 7, 2009 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab! (Preview) This has been alluded to in previous posts, but I feel it necessary to reiterate the role socioeconomic status may play. I see socioeconomic status of being a crucial confound both in the development of attachment style and well-being later in life. I see attachment style as a direct result of the pa...	marieinwood	2	306	Apr 7, 2009 by 102intro
	Attachment Alternative (Preview) pen name: WayneChrebet The perceived correlation between attachment and later well-being might not actually be a true correlation. For example, those children that were securely attached to their parents might have also been regular attenders at a church or other religious institution. There...	102intro	0	246	Apr 7, 2009 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) Pen name: Pineapple There's an association between the attachment developed in youth and the well-being later in life. From the movie "wild Child" (the one produced in 2008), I realize that there are many other factors that can make an impact as well, such as peer pressure and influences...	102intro	0	247	Apr 7, 2009 by 102intro
	attachment lab (Preview) One alternate explanation for why children with secure attachments also do well later in life could be that children who are able to secure attachments have personalities which allow them to be secure with themselves, self-confident, and optimistic (that is, having the belief that one can succee...	102intro	0	247	Apr 7, 2009 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) Pen Name: Dinosaur There are other factors that can effect the well-being of a child later in the future. Just because a child is securely attached doesn't necessarily mean that they will turn out perfectly well in the future. For example, say a child is securely attached and then his parents divorce...	102intro	8	325	Apr 7, 2009 by 102intro
	Developmental Lab (Preview) A possible alternative explanation is that children from a higher economic status are more likely to have a better well being later in life than children from a lower economic status. The textbook cites some statistics supporting this claim, "In middle-class families, roughly 60% of the inf...	102intro	4	380	Apr 7, 2009 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) penname: Blanche Fiddlesprout In these experiments, the independent variable is the money the family has and the dependent variable is the type of attachment the child forms. However, another variable that influences the child is the love the parents give to the child.	102intro	0	304	Apr 7, 2009 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) Penname: Sequoia Grill Looks like I disagree with a majority of the other posts, but I feel like after a child has been raised and developed a secure attachment, it is difficult to undo. Should you take a child with a secure attachment and subject said child to a moderate amount of distress, the child w...	102intro	0	268	Apr 7, 2009 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) There is no one variable that determines whether a child with a secure attachment will become a better well being later in life. There are various aspects that may or may not affect the way a child will react and respond to different relationships, whether or not something happens earlier or later in c...	102intro	0	239	Apr 6, 2009 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) I think that a child with secure attachment who exhibited leadership skills at toddler-age, had close friends and was popular among their peers could very well lose those leadership skills, find it difficult to make good friends and be generally liked, and possibly even develop an anxiety disorde...	102intro	1	269	Apr 6, 2009 by 102intro
	Developmental Lab (Preview) penname: mercedes An alternative explanation can be any traumatic experience or "big" event in someone's life such as divorce, sickness (fatal or not), arguments that hurt or destroy relationships, etc. In any of these cases, the person's well-being is drastically altered, usually...	102intro	0	238	Apr 6, 2009 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) A variable that can affect attachment is the environment he or she is brought up and the kind of people the child associates with. It isnt just the parents who influence the attachment style of the child but the environment and his or her peers play a more important role. pen name: star	102intro	1	291	Apr 6, 2009 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) Penname H - Any number of alternative factors could influence both the attachment pattern of infants and future relationships and thus produce a positive correlation between them. For example, essentially any constant factor in one's life that influences health could affect both the attachmen...	102intro	0	259	Apr 6, 2009 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) Kas Children with parents who are always out working are not able to develop such strong attachments with them. Though the nanny may often replace the parents role as the caregiver of the child, sometimes they do not. However, less attachment with their parents at such a young age does not necessaril...	102intro	1	262	Apr 6, 2009 by 102intro
	An alternative explanation? (Preview) In statistics we learn alot about lurking variables and that we should always consider that before we try to conclude a direct causation.My guess at other explanations have to do with being able to model and remember skills that are more useful. Another part of the reading that we did said that when pa...	102intro	0	279	Apr 6, 2009 by 102intro
	Development Lab (Preview) Penname: Hiro Protagonist Assuming that attachment is the IV, and success in later life is the DV, then you can find a correlation between the two. However, this does not mean that there is necessarily a causal effect. Another factor could come into play. For instance, what if there is another va...	102intro	0	244	Apr 6, 2009 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) Penname: KasKas People who tend to have had secure attachments early in life only tend to have higher well-being later in life because there are other factors influencing the matter. Other factors may be the condition of family life for the child and the character he/she had the secure attachmen...	102intro	0	251	Apr 6, 2009 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) pen name: whereiswaldo Having siblings can affect attachment with the parent. The older child may not form an appropriate attachment with the parent if the younger child is born very soon after. However, I would also argue that having siblings can help the attachment especially in a family where bo...	102intro	0	261	Apr 6, 2009 by 102intro
	Attachment Lab (Preview) Norbert: Another factor that could affect attachment is siblings in the house. If another child, for instance, is born very soon after the first child, the parents attention may shift to the younger child and the older one may not have the proper time to connect with the parent and feel attached. Al...	102intro	2	337	Apr 6, 2009 by nygiantsgirl90
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