Ch 5 Flashcards
What are Erikson’s Stages of Early Psychosocial Development?
Basic Trust vs Mistrust
Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt
Initiative vs Guilt
What is the Basic Trust vs Mistrust in infancy
infants are dependent on caregivers to meet their needs and provide comfort
the responsiveness and consistency with which caregivers meet these needs helps to develop a basic sense of trust and openness in the child
if these needs are not met, the child develops wariness and a lack of comfort
What is the autonomy vs shame and doubt?
children develop a sense if control over their own actions
if autonomy is not achieved, children are shameful and doubt their own capabilities
What is the initiative vs guilt?
children develop imagination for possibilities for themselves
play becomes purposeful and includes playing the roles of mother, father, teacher, or athlete
with proper encouragement and balance, initiative and cooperation are developed
What views many human behaviors as successful adaptations to the environment
Evolutionary Psychology
security in the presence of another, along with need for physical closeness
attachment
What is Bowlby notice about attachment?
children who form attachments to an adult are more likely to survive
Who are attachments usually formed with?
The mother but may be any responsive and caring person
What are the steps toward attachment and when are they?
preattachment stage (birth - 6-8 weeks)
attachment in the making (6-8 weeks to 6-8 months)
true attachment (6-8 months to 18 months)
reciprocal relationships (18 months on)
When do babies realize and have stranger awareness
7-8 months
kids understand they need to be nice to the other too “give and take”
reciprocal relationships
What are the father-infant relationships like?
attachment tends to follow that of the mothers
they tend to spend more time playing with children than taking care of them
they play with children differently than mothers (more rough and tumble)
children tend to seek out the father for a playmate, mothers are preferred more for comfort
What was the strange situation experiment?
Ainsworth introduced children and others to a room from which the mother left. Upon her return, the nature of the child’s reaction was studied.
on the mothers return the child is comforted, crying stops, and the child begins to explore again (normal response)
Secure attachment
on the mother’s return the child ignores or turns away, strong willed baby, inconsistent parenting
avoidant attachment
the baby is upset and remains upset when mother returns and is difficult to console, not healthy attachment, anxiety baby, inconsistent parenting
resistant attachment
the child seems confused and is unsure of reaction, neglected baby, no rhyme or reason to their reaction, not healthy attachment
disorganized attachment
children with secure attachments are more confident and successful with peers
securely attached children have fewer conflicts with friendships and peers
the conclusion is that children use early attachments ad prototypes for later relationships and interactions
consequences of attachment
NICHD research suggested what
no relationship between quality of the daycare and mother-child attachment
no relationship between length of stays or changes in daycare and parent attachment
quality of attachment was found to be more related to the sensitivity of the mother to the child’s needs and care
