Psychology / Unit 8 Psych 0908 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The "Attachment Is Destiny" Error
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The idea
It is an error to treat early attachment classification as a fixed determinant of adult relationships.
In practice
Attachment classification changes for a substantial minority of children as family circumstances change.
Where people slip
Early attachment predicts later outcomes weakly and reliably. Weak prediction is not prophecy.
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