15 - Processing Affect 1 Flashcards
What was attachment initially seen as? (Affect 1 Developmental)
A spatial theory
What does separation-reunion behaviour place emphasis on? (Affect 1 Developmental)
- The dyad to manage stress of separation
- About infant recovery, not the presence of stress
What is insecure attachments negatively correlated with? (Affect 1 Developmental)
Authenticity
What characteristic is most affiliated with attachment type? (Affect 1 Developmental)
Sensitivity and responsiveness
What are the three stages of the still face paradigm? (Affect 1 Developmental)
1) Baseline state (normal face-to-face interaction)
2) Emotionally unavailable (still face)
3) Reinstatement (repairing the relationship)
In the still face paradigm, what occurs with infants from sensitive mothers? (Affect 1 Developmental)
Much quicker recovery period/reengagement than those from less sensitive mothers
What did infants from less sensitive mothers exhibit? (Affect 1 Developmental)
Self soothing behaviour
What were the procedures of Hayley et al (2003) still face paradigm? (Affect 1 Developmental)
- Play
- Still face
- Recovery
- Still face
- Recovery
What is attunement? (Affect 1 Developmental)
The degree to which psychobiological reactivity and regulation for mother and infant, are related from moment to moment
What does high attunement lead to? (Affect 1 Developmental)
Synchronisation of heart rates
What is attunement associated with? (Affect 1 Developmental)
High levels of intimacy and joy
How quickly do repaid mistakes occur? (Affect 1 Developmental)
3-5 seconds
What did Müller et al (2015) find? (Affect 1 Developmental)
- Positive relationship between time of repair and increase in cortisol levels
- Quicker the reparation rate, the less stress the infant will feel
What can neuro-cortical regions alter? (Affect 1 Developmental)
Limbic activity
What does the amygdala develop direct connections with? (Affect 1 Developmental)
Ventral prefrontal cortex (better coping is associated with better emotional regulation)
What was present in an fMRI scan when children looked at a photo of their mother and a photo of a stranger? (Affect 1 Developmental)
- Lower amygdala reactivity with mothers image over strangers image
- Correlated with the strength of the parent child bond
How is the emotional face go/no go task completed? (Affect 1 Developmental)
- P’s respond when they see a neutral face, and no response when they see an emotional face
- Complete the task with a stranger next to them and then with their mother sitting next to them
What was found in the emotional face go/no go task? (Affect 1 Developmental)
Higher false alarm rate for fearful faces with a stranger next to p
What is marking/mind-mindedness? (Affect 1 Developmental)
Attuning to the infant when they are scared and eliciting the appropriate response
What does parent availability lead to? (Affect 1 Developmental)
- Increased regulatory resources
- Decreased stress reactivity
- Infant stress inoculation and growth
What does parent unavailability lead to? (Affect 1 Developmental)
- Increased stress reactivity
- Infant unregulated and disorganised
Synchrony with parents ages 3 months is associated with what? (Affect 1 Developmental)
Capacity for empathy, aged 3 years
