Chapter 10- Section 3

Question 0

Mary Ainsworth Study

Answer 0

Infants prefer being held or with someone

Four months infants develop specific attachments to main caregiver (usually mothers)

Question 1

Attachment

Answer 1

Emotional ties that form between people

Question 2

Stranger Anxiety

Answer 2

(8months) fear strangers

Question 3

Separation Anxiety

Answer 3

(8months) act in ways of distress if mother leaves

Question 4

Contact Comfort

Answer 4

Instinctual need to touch and be touched by something soft

Question 5

Harry Harlow

Answer 5

Put infant monkeys in cages with two mothers

• one was wire: held bottle
• other was soft terry cloth with no bottle
• monkeys clung to cloth mother
• • attachment grows from bodily contact rather than feeding

Question 6

Harlow and Zimmerman

Answer 6

Placed toys in cages with infant monkeys

• some had wire mothers and others had terry cloth mothers
• monkeys with wire mothers= cringed with fear
• monkeys with terry cloth mother= cringed but eventually explored

Question 7

Imprinting

Answer 7

Process by which some animals from immediate attachments during a critical period

• *babies don’t imprint to first person they see! like animals do.
• *** no critical period for attachment in humans

Question 8

Secure Attachment

Answer 8

Primary caregivers are affectionate and reliable
Bonded to caregivers
Cry or protest when caregiver leaves
Welcome caregiver back when return

Question 9

Insecure Attachment

Answer 9

Caregivers are unresponsive or unreliable
Don’t mind when caregiver leaves
Make little or no effort to seem them out when caregiver returns
May cry when picked up (angry with caregiver)

Question 10

Secure Children

Answer 10

Happier, friendlier and more cooperative wi parents and teachersGet along better with other children
Less likely to misbehave
More likely to do well in school

Question 11

Autism

Answer 11

Developmental disorder that prevents children from forming proper attachment with others

• prevents social, cognitive, behavioral and physical problems
• *have difficulty processing sensory info.
• limits communication with others

Question 12

Warm Parents

Answer 12

Show great affection for children

Show children they are happy to spend time with them

Question 13

Cold Parents

Answer 13

May not be affectionate

Do not appear to enjoy children as much

Question 14

Children of warm parents

Answer 14

Well adjusted

More likely to develop a conscience

Question 15

Children of cold parents

Answer 15

More interested in escaping punishment than in doing right thing

Question 16

Strict Parents

Answer 16

Impose many rules and supervise children closely

Question 17

Permissive Parents

Answer 17

Impose fewer rules and watch children less closely

Less concerned about neatness and cleanliness

Question 18

Authoritative Parents

Answer 18

Combine warmth with age appropriate rules and responsibilities

Question 19

Authoritarian Parents

Answer 19

Believe in obedience for its own sake

Question 20

Types of abuse

Answer 20

Physical
Sexual
Psychological

Question 21

Physical Abuse

Answer 21

Physical assault on child

Can include alcohol or drug abuse

Question 22

Sexual Abuse

Answer 22

Sexual victimization or exploitation of a child by older child, adolescent, or adult

Question 23

Neglect

Answer 23

Failure to give a child adequate food, shelter, clothing, emotional support or schooling

Question 24

Self esteem

Answer 24

Value or worth that people attach to themselves

Question 25

Unconditional positive regard

Answer 25

Parents love and accept children no matter how the behave

Question 26

Conditional Positive regard

Answer 26

Parents show love only when children behave in certain acceptable ways