Week 5 - Blog 4

Web Lecture 5 – Blog 4

In Web Lecture 5, Professor Cyborg discusses the attachment styles listed in Ch. 15 of our text. The attachment style we naturally possess is based on how our primary caregivers raised us in our early childhood. This same attachment style that developed in the early stages of our lives can be prevalent in our later relationships. However, as Professor Cyborg states, “these early attachments are important, but not deterministic in that your relationships with your parents or other primary caregivers will change as you age.” I really appreciate how it is stressed that communication and how we relate to others can be a conscious, mindful effort. Although we all have natural tendencies to communicate and behave in certain ways based on our personalities and how we were raised, we still have a mind that enables us to reconsider our tendencies. If we naturally have an ambivalent or avoidant attachment style, we can learn to develop a secure attachment style. Despite our upbringing, we can always adjust our ways of thinking and being in order to improve our interpersonal relationships and satisfaction.