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In The Face Of Threat: How Relationship Threat Affects Cognitive Processing, Ariel Baruch
In The Face Of Threat: How Relationship Threat Affects Cognitive Processing, Ariel Baruch
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
This investigation examined the hypothesis that the presence of relationship threat leads to decreased working memory capacity, and also changes partner perceptions based on adult attachment style. To test this hypothesis, participants were exposed to a threat or no-threat manipulation and then completed measures examining partner perceptions and individual differences. Results suggest that the threat manipulation might have been strong enough for only highly anxious people. These individuals showed higher levels of working memory capacity following a relationship threat, compared to more securely attached persons, and later described their partners in more global, less desirable terms, regardless of threat condition. …