Research Suggests That Our Adult Attachment Patterns Are Similar to Those

question 484

Multiple Choice

Research suggests that our adult attachment patterns are similar to those seen in early child development and include which three patterns?

• A)rejecting, accepting, and ambivalent
• B)intimate, independent, dependent
• C)anxious, secure, and independent
• D)secure, avoidant, and ambivalent

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Definitions:

Insecure Partners

Individuals in a relationship who experience a persistent feeling of uncertainty and anxiety about their relationship's value and their partner's commitment.

Longitudinal Study

A research method that involves repeated observations of the same variables over short or long periods of time.

Arranged Marriages

Marital unions where the partners are selected by individuals other than the ones getting married, often by family members.

Love Marriages

denote marital unions based primarily on romantic love between partners, as opposed to arranged marriages.