Secure Attachment
Insecure Anxious Ambivalent Attachment
Insecure Avoidant
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As a Social Worker
Misc.
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Define and give an example of secure attachment
What is children who show some distress when their caregiver leaves but are able to compose themselves and do something knowing that their caregiver will return or not. Children with secure attachment feel protected by their caregivers, and they know that they can depend on them to return.
100
What style of caregiving creates an ambivalent infant?
What is Inconsistent caregiving
100
Caregivers of Avoidant infants do not respond to the infant’s ______________
What is independence
100
True or False a fearful adult is high on both anxiety about expressing their needs for support and avoiding. They are also fearful of being vulnerable in attachment relationships?
What is true
100
The founder of attachment theory.
Who is bowlby
200
Of the following, what is not a characteristic of secure attachment in adults: developed self worth, independence, detachment from relationships and emotional closeness, strong relationships
What is detachment from relationships and emotional closeness
200
For ambivalent infants, which two emotions alternated with each other during the Strange Situation
What is clinginess alternates with anger
200
What quadrant do adults with an avoidant attachment style fall into?
What is QUADRANT II: HIGH AVOIDANCE /LOW ANXIETY)
200
A therapist should be this when discovering the effects of a client’s attachment type
What is Flexible
200
In regards to attachment theory, are there cultural differences? If so, in what ways? How can this affect attachment
different cultures can view the meaning of “secure infant” in different perspectives. One culture may view the independence of an infant as secure while another may view it as a sign of detachment
300
The inability of the caregiver to mentalize this______, interferes with the child’s ability to develop capacity.
What is the child’s experience
300
The adult equivalent the anxious ambivalent attachment style
What is preoccupied
300
What signs of dismissive attachment did Ms. Vega show when talking about her relationship with her mother?
What is does not trust that emotional or social support will be available when she needs it, detachment from relationships and emotional closeness.
300
How does Mentalization-based therapy work to assist the client?
helps improve the ability to see another’s point of view. Focus is helping the client understand one’s own mind and understand the mind of others
300
This is the desire to be near the person or people one is attached to
What is Proximity Maintenance
400
Secure adults rank in what quadrant?
What is 1, low anxiety, low avoidance
400
Between avoidance and ambivalence, which style did Ainsworth’s research find was higher in Western culture?
What is avoidance
400
Of the following, what is not a characteristic of avoidant attachment: Believes that showing vulnerability is unacceptable, blames or criticizes others, were often classified as Avoidant in childhood, worried with whether their significant others will not leave them or otherwise disappoint or let them down.
What is worried with whether their significant others will not leave them or otherwise disappoint or let them down.
400
When this forms in the client/therapist relationship, there is an increased chance the client will recreate the type of attachment of their caregiver.
What is What is Transference
400
What are the four forms of attachment created by Bowlby, Ainsworth, and Main
What is secure, insecure: avoidant, ambivalent, and disorganized
500
What does it mean for a parent to mentalize and why is it important for a parent to have this ability?
to mentalize means that a parent is able to be sensitive to the infant's needs this is important because it gives the child the ability to empathize
500
What does AAI stand for and who developed this assessment?
who is Adult Attachment Interview/Mary Ainsworth
500
True or False: How a person talks about his or her attachment is much more important in the assessment than the “facts” of the history and current relationship. The present situation is more current and important for the client.
What is True
500
Worry and frustration are often signs a therapist is experiencing this
What is Countertransference
500
Clients with this type of attachment often minimize close relationships and do not see the importance of discussing early history
What is Dismissing Attachment
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