ATTACHMENT IN CHILDHOOD

Question 1

What is attachment?

Answer 1

A strong emotional bond that develops between children and their primary caregivers

Question 2

Name Some Behavioral manifestations of attachment?

Answer 2

Stranger anxiety (peaks at 6mths – 18mths): distress over contact with unfamiliar people
Separation anxiety (peaks at 12-16mths – 2-3 years): distress over being separated from a primary caregiver

Question 3

What is Fitness?

Answer 3

probability of an organism passing on its genes to the next generation

Question 4

Define innate?

Answer 4

organised prior to experience, not requiring learning