Assignment 2: Romantic Attachment Styles
There are three primary romantic attachment styles. One quick way to discover your romantic attachment style is to choose which of the following descriptions best describes you. Take a minute to do this:
Secure attachment style: I find it relatively easy to get close to others and am comfortable depending on them and having them depend on me. I do not often worry about being abandoned or about someone getting close to me.
Avoidant attachment style: I am somewhat uncomfortable being close to others. I find it difficult to trust them completely and difficult to allow myself to depend on them. I am nervous when anyone gets too close and often love partners want me to be more intimate than I feel comfortable being.
Anxious/ambivalent attachment style: I find that others are reluctant to get as close as I would like. I often worry that my partner does not really love me or will not want to stay with me. I want to merge completely with another person and this desire sometimes scares people away. (Kenrick Neuberg & Cialdini 2007 p.270)
In a 2- to 3-page paper discuss the following:
Secure (as a child) to anxious/ambivalent (as an adult)
Avoidant (as a child) to secure (as an adult)
Submit your response to the M4: Assignment 2 Dropbox by Wednesday April 13 2016. Your response should be at least two pages long.