SUBJECT
Attachment Theories and Psychology of Close Relationships
lecture
master
4
Semester 2
Spring semester
Aim of the course:
to analyse the effect of early attachment schemas on interpersonal and social attitudes from the point of view of adult attachment styles and interpersonal relationships. We will discuss the cultural and personal determinants of long-term attachments, the reasons and consequences of ostracism as well as the psychology of attachment losses and the dynamics of attachment in psychotherapy.
- Learning outcome, competences
knowledge:
- is acquainted with the most important theoretical and research results of attachment theories
- is familiar with the effect of schemas developed through early attachments on later relationships and on worldviews and social attitudes
- is acquainted with the importance of the concepts of transference and counter-transference in psychotherapy
attitude:
- sensitive to the diverse patterns of close relationships and family structures across and within cultures
- sensitive to social construction of gender role norms and to different sexual orientations while analysing close relationships and roles
skills:
- able to recognise the different attachment styles
- able to reflect on own attachment style
- able to apply the approaches of attachment theories in research
Content of the course
Topics of the course
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Learning activities, learning methods
- reflection on literature in writing
- small group discussions
- lectures
Evaluation of outcomes
Learning requirements, mode of evaluation, criteria of evaluation:
requirements:
- 60 % written test
- 40 % essay (the cultural representations of attachment and ostracism, applied naive theories and schemas)
mode of evaluation: complex (written and oral)
criteria of evaluation:
- adequate knowledge of the literature
- application of the literature on analysing the cultural represenations of attachment and ostracism (essay)
Compulsory reading list
- Cassidy, J. – Shaver, Ph. R. (2016) Handbook of attachment. Theory, research, and clinical applications. 3rd Edition. The Guilford Press
- Forgas, J. P. – Fitness, J. (eds.) (2015). Social Relationships. Cognitive, Affective, and Motivational Processes. Psychology Press
- Williams, K.D. – Forgas, J.P – von Hippel, W. (2005). The Social Outcast. Ostracism, Rejection, and Bullying. Psychology Press
Recommended reading list
- Kast, V. (1993). A Time to Mourn: Growing Through the Grief Process. Daimon Verlag
- Yalom, I.D. (2000). Seven Advanced Lessons in the Therapy of Grief. In Momma and the Meaning of Life: Tales of Psychotherapy. Harper Collins, 83-154.
- Badinter, E. (1982). The Myth of Motherhood: An Historical View of the Maternal Instinct. Condor Books
- Rudman, L.A. – Glick, P. (2008). The Social Psychology of Gender. How Power and Intimacy Shape Gender Relations. The Guilford Press