Ch.10 Emotional, Cognitive And Psychosocial Development

Question 1

What did Harry Harlow study

Answer 1

Emotional development
Experiment with infant monkeys
To investigate infant attachment

Question 2

What did Mary Ainsworth study?

Answer 2

Emotional development
Infant attachment when their mother leaves the room
To investigate the different types of attachment

Question 3

What are the 3 different attachment styles?

Answer 3

Insecure avoidant attachment 20-25
Secure attachment 65
Insecure resistant attachment 10

Question 4

What is secure attachment?

Answer 4

These infants will play happily when their caregiver is present. They will become distressed when their parent leaves

Question 5

What is insecure avoidant attachment?

Answer 5

These infants rarely get upset when a stranger enters the room. They do not cling to their caregiver at any stage

Question 6

What is insecure resistant attachment?

Answer 6

These infants are more clingy, cry more and don’t explore or play as much as the other types. They become extremely distressed when their caregiver leaves the room and resist stranger’s comfort

Question 7

What did Piaget study?

Answer 7

Cognitive development

Question 8

What is emotional development?

Answer 8

Is the close social and emotional bond of affection that develops between an infant and his or her parents

Question 9

What is cognitive development?

Answer 9

The development of mental abilities throughout a lifespan

Question 10

What are Piaget’s 4 stages of cognitive development?

Answer 10

Sensorimotor birth-2
Preoperational 2-7
Concrete operational 7-12
Formal operational 12+