D1-theories of social and emotional development Flashcards
What is indiscriminate attachments
When babies and children respond, equally to anyone who interact with them
What is multiple attachments?
Having many specific attachments to other people
Specific attachments
When babies and children show particular preference for a single person
What is meant by self-concept?
Self concept= the vision of a whole self
Self image/self identity, = the way we define ourself
Ideal self = what we would like to be
Self-esteem= self-confidence, the global evaluation on how we feel about ourselves
Who and what is the model of self-esteem?
Susan Harter
The closer our self image, an ideal self are to each other, the higher our self-esteem
Who and what is the “looking glass self” Theory
Charles cooley
How self image is formed
What is pro-social behaviour
We tend to encourage young children to come for others and share things
What is the age of legal responsibility in England and Wales?
10 years old
What is Piaget’s theory of moral development?
Premoral 0 to 4 children, starting to learn about right or wrong through their own actions
Moral realism, 4 To 7 development is greatly influenced by adults in their lives
7 to 11 children have developed a concept of fairness
Moral relativism 11+ children understand the concept of equality
What does Skinner find about unexpected positive reinforces?
If a child wanted the attention of a carer, they would deliberately behave badly either they might get told off, they’re still getting their desired response
What is Bandura’s social learning theory?
Observational learning
Bobo, doll, experiment 
Who suggested the attachment theory and what is it?
John Bowlby
Six weeks to 3 months pre-attachment beginning to be attracted to human faces and voices
Three months to 7/8 months, indiscriminate attachment, learning to distinguish between faces, but happy to be handled by strangers
7 to 8 months specific attachment beginning to attach to one specific person
Eight months plus multiple attachments, forming lots of different connections
What are the five things that Bowlby suggests?
Monotropy-need to form one main attachment
Critical period - the first four years
Children need parenting
Children show distress when separated from their main attachment
Internal working models
What are the stages of separation anxiety
Protest
Despair
Detachment
Who thought of the strange situation theory?
And what is it?
Mary Ainsworth
Parent and baby enters room
Hey stranger, joins parent and baby
Parent leaves
Parent returns settles, baby stranger leaves
Parent leaves and baby is alone in the room
Stranger returns in interact with the baby
Parent returns in stranger leaves
3 types of behaviours
- A - insecure, anxious/avoidant
- B - secure
- C - insecure, ambivalent/resistant
