A relationship counsellor, Dr. Harrison, has been working with Clara. Dr. Harrison notes that the insecure-resistant attachment style Clara experienced with her mother during infancy seems to explain her current patterns: she experiences intense anxiety about her romantic partner abandoning her, frequently seeks reassurance, and displays over-controlling, smothering behaviour towards her own five-year-old son, Leo.
Discuss Bowlby’s theory of the internal working model as an explanation of Clara's relationships. You must make reference to the context in your answer.
84 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Content, covering Bowlby's work on attachment, Ainsworth and the Strange Situation, Research into deprivation, Research into privation, Research into day care, Cross-cultural research into attachment, Autism, Individual differences, and Developmental psychology. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.