Attachment Styles Flashcards
Emotional needs vs physical needs
Harlow’s monkey test
comfort over sustenance
Ainsworth’s strange situation test
Test attachment styles w/reactions
Four main types of attachment
- Secure
- Insecure avoidant
- insecure resistant/ambivalent
4.Disorganized
Secure attachment
65% of babies
parent serves as secure base of exploration
Insecure avoidant attachment
toddler reacts to parent like a stranger; unresponsive to parent, slow to show positive feelings
Insecure resistant/ambivalent
clings to parent when they leave, reject affectionate attempts on caregiver return
- doesn’t explore the new environment
Disorganized
lease secure attachment
often unpredictable parental behavior, may be from abuse, child hasn’t learned emotional regulation from his model.
Temperament: 9 dimensions
Chess & Thomas
1. activity level
2.phythmicity or regularity
3.approach-withdrawl
4.adaptability
5.responsiveness
6.reaction intensity
7.mood quality
8.distractibility
9.persistence & attention span
4 main attachment dimension categories
1.Easy Babies
2.Slow to warm
3.Difficult
4.Undifferentiated
Easy babies attachment adaptation
40%
overall positive disposition
Slow to warm baby attachment adaptation
15%
relatively calm, slow to adapt, withdrawal from new situations
Difficult baby attachment adaptation
10%
negative moods, slow to adapt to new situations
Undifferentiated baby attachment adaptation
combination/variety of dispositional factors
Goodness of fit model
Children’s adjustment largely depend on how well their environment is suited to meet their needs
Parenting/communication styles matches
Erikson’s stages- Infant & Toddlers
Trust vs Mistrust
Autonomy vs Shame & Doubt
