CAMHS Definitions

Question 1

what is attachment?

Answer 1

relationship between the child and the primary caregiver

the behaviour of the child towards that caregiver

Question 2

what is temperament?

Answer 2

differences in emotional, motor and attentional reactivity

Question 3

list the factors of family planning that make up the mcmaster model

Answer 3

problem solving 
communication 
roles
affective responsiveness
affective involvement 
behaviour control

Question 4

what is meant by affective responsiveness?

Answer 4

ability of an individual to respond to the emotional needs of another family member

Question 5

what is meant by affective involvement?

Answer 5

degree and quality of concern and interest for one another

Question 6

describe anxious avoidant attachment

Answer 6

child avoids/ignores the parent

little emotional response

Question 7

describe anxious ambivalent attachment

Answer 7

child explores little
wary of strangers
distressed without caregiver

Question 8

what is egocentricism?

Answer 8

only able to consider their own point of view and see it as the only one possible

Question 9

what is animism?

Answer 9

belief that everything has a consciousness and feelings