Emotional Immaturity

Question 1

Describe 5 aspects of competence

Answer 1

Awareness one's emotional state
Detecting emotion in others
Empathy and sympathy
Self-regulation
Control of own feelings

Question 2

Chess and Thomas’ classification of temperament is described as what?

Answer 2

Easy child: calm, positive and easy to adapt
Difficult child: reacts negatively, cries frequently, hard to adapt
Slow-to-warm-up child: shy, reserved, observant

Question 3

Describe Kagan’s behavioral inhibition categories.

Answer 3

Avoidance
Distress
Subdues affect: child is there, but not themselves

Question 4

Describe Pfeiffer’s theories

Answer 4

Kids who were sociable as babies are still sociable

Kids who were shy as babies grew out of it

Question 5

Rothbart and Bates say what?

Answer 5

Extraversion: Kids who get into everything
Negative affectivity: Easily stressed, cry a lot
Effortful control (self-regulation): High EC, good at it
Low EC, bad at it

Question 6

What does goodness of fit mean?

Answer 6

Match between child’s temperament and the environmental demands

Question 7

Freud said what about attachments?

Answer 7

Bonds are based on whoever’s feeding you

Question 8

Infants orient to humans: birth-2 mo.
Attach to 1 figure: 2-7 mo.
Babies form many attachments: 7-24 mo.
Emotional connection: 24 mo. onwards
This is what theory of attachment?

Answer 8

Bowlby’s theory

Question 9

Describe Mary Ainsworth’s theory of attachment

Answer 9

Securely attached
Insecure avoidant: avoid their mom
Insecure resistant: cling to caregiver so much they don’t explore
Insecure disorganized