Child Development - Attachment

Question 1

In adult attachment interview, parents with secure attachments with their children describe their childhood narratives in __?

Answer 1

A coherent narrative

Question 2

Infant’s mother leaves room, infant continues to play with toys and pays minimal attention to mom when she comes back. Type of attachment?

Answer 2

Avoidant

Question 3

How can a parent help a child deal with a favorite babysitter moving away?

Answer 3

Call the babysitter with the child

Question 4

Protective factor against the perpetrator of dating violence among teens?

Answer 4

Healthy relationship with mother

Question 5

What is the subphase of Mahler’s theory of infant development characterized as heightened awareness of mother’s locations, wanting new experiences w/ mother and feeling vulnerable when separated from mom?

Answer 5

Rapproachment

Question 6

Fundamental environmental factor of primary caretaker in formation of a secure infant-parent attachment?

Answer 6

Frequent face-to-face interaction

Question 7

Attachment style characterized by child becoming angry at mother when he meets a new sitter and becomes inconsolable when mother returns

Answer 7

Resistant

Question 8

How would parents with secure attachment with their children be able to describe their childhood experiences in an Adult Attachment Interview?

Answer 8

Coherent narrative of experiences

Question 9

1 y/o cries when mom leaves him alone in a room w/ stranger and quiets down when quickly picked up by mom

Answer 9

Typical Development

Question 10

Maternal psychopathology found to predict insecure attachment and worsen early childhood well-being

Answer 10

Depression