Class 2 Flashcards
Nature vs nurture behaviorism
Fully nurture
Skinner’s air crib
A climate controlled box that did not catch on strictly because it was skinner
Harry Harlow
A primate researcher who conducted studies on baby monkeys for attachment
Harry Harlow experiment procidure
A baby was separated from its mom right away. A wire monkey fed it while the cloth monkey was just there. The time the monkey spent with it and the actions when around them was measured
Harry Harlow experiment results
The monkeys hung out with cloth mom the most and only went to wire mom to feed. They were more confident when cloth mom was present, ran to her for comfort
Harry Harlow experiment conclusion
We have an innate mechanism that lead us to find pleasure from physical contact. Comfort contact over food
Wire raised moneys only
They had poor survival rates
John Bowlby
Studied humans and determined that attachment begins with contact comfort and is the base of our first attachment
3 tenets of Bowlby’s theory
Sensitivity, secure base, competence
Sensitivity
Responsive care giver gives a secure attachment
Secure base
When a child feels they have a secure base they are more likely to explore with confidence
Competence
Secure attachment promotes social competence later in life
Seperation anxiety in babies
Starts around 6-8 months and peaks at 15 months. Cross cultural suggesting that it has a biological component
Are all babies attached the same
Mary Ainsworth answered no using the strange situation test
Steps the the strange situation test
Mom and baby enter a new room with toys A stranger enters The mom leaves The mom returns The stranger leaves The mom leaves The stranger returns The mom returns
Length of each stage in the SST
3 minutes
Two things observed in the SST
The amount the child explored the toys in each situation, and the child’s reaction to their mom coming and going
Secure attachment presentation
Cry when their mom leaves, relief when mom returns, explore more when mom is around, and are more attached to mom than a stranger
Insecure subcategories
Insecure avoidant, and insecure anxious
Insecure avoidant presentation
Doesn’t care when mom leaves, seeks little contact when mom returns, treats the stranger the same as mom
Insecure anxious (ambivalent)
Resists contact when mom comes back, sad when they are there, cry to be picked up want to be put down, resist comfort
Caregivers of secure attachments
Caregivers are responsive, sensitive to expression of the child’s needs