chapter 10 Flashcards
Baby Jonah is hungry. According to some infancy experts, he will most likely alert his mother with a(n)
Basic cry
Fifteen-month-old Teri cries when her mother drops her off at day care. Baby Teri is displaying…
Separation protest
Which of the following would most likely cause an infant to express fear?
Stranger anxiety
Adolescents are more likely than adults to…
report feeling “very happy” and feeling “very unhappy.”
Now that Rosie is in late adulthood, socioemotional selectivity theory predicts she will…
spend most of her time with familiar friends and family members.
The temperament category of __________Blank fits with Kagan’s inhibited category; and the category of __________Blank fits with Kagan’s uninhibited category.
Negative affectivity; extraversion/surgency
With which Rothbart and Bates’ temperament classification does Kagan’s inhibited category most closely coincide?
Negative affectivity
High cortisol levels, high activity in the right frontal brain lobe, and a high and stable heart rate are associated with a(n) __________Blank temperament.
Inhibited
What is the main problem with labeling children as “difficult”?
It can become a self-fulfilling prophecy
Jackson checks his mother’s expression before venturing toward the sidewalk. This is an example of?
Social referencing
What is the crucial element in attachment, as demonstrated by Harry Harlow’s experiment with monkeys?
Contact comfort
Baby Ryan is attached to his mother. According to Bowlby’s understanding of attachment, which of the following statements is most likely to be true?
Ryan expects his mother to provide relief from distress.
Caregiver research indicates that fathers…
Interact with their babies in different ways than mothers do
According to the NICHD longitudinal study, what percentage of the children studied experienced positive nonparental child care?
12%
“While my husband and I were eating breakfast today, neither of us talked, but it was a comfortable silence. I love it!” What type of love does this illustrate?
Affectionate
Cherilyn’s parents often ignore her emotions or try to explain that her problems should not upset her. Cherilyn’s parents can be described as…
Emotion-dismissing
Todd’s infant daughter begins to cry only minutes after she goes down for a nap. According to John Watson, Todd should…
Ignore her so that her crying won’t be reinforced
