Chapter 8

Question 1

effects of brief touch

Answer 1

librarian touching students

Question 2

word-touch associations

Answer 2

touch over time to comfort and saying words mommy is here

Question 3

Harlow’s Monkeys

Answer 3

chose terry cloth dummy with no food, nursing less important as food but more important as a source of reassuring touch

Question 4

Nontouchers

Answer 4

taught not to touch certain objects, body parts, and others. stand farther away, respond negative to touch in live situation, touch relationship patterns less in public, lower self esteem

Question 5

airport

Answer 5

departures: greater intimacy, longer touch
arrivals:

Question 6

Jourard study on touch

Answer 6

females more accessible to touch; We tend to not touch people on the face & below the knees

Question 7

self touching: LOW IN AWARENESS

Answer 7

1. shielding action: reduce input/output ex: covering ears
2. cleaning actions: grooming
3. specialized signals: gestures to communicate specific messages
4. self intimacies: masturbation

Question 8

adaptors/self manipulators

Answer 8

behavioral adaptations in response to certain situations