Emotional & Social Development Flashcards
What is social referencing?
Children using their mothers emotions to guide ambiguous situations?
What does infant temperament determine? (2)
type/amount of social interaction
quality of bonds
What is temperament?
A style of expressing needs and emotions.
What were the 3 temperament patterns suggested by Thomas, Chess and Birch?
Easy (Flexible)
Slow to warm up (Fearful)
Difficult (Feisty)
Sanson, Prior & Oberklaid suggested a fourth temperament pattern to easy, slow to wamr up and difficult- what was it?
average
What is one explanation that has been supported when predicting temperament?
Cohort effect- environmental factors
Mood tone is most likely to be _______ over time.
stable
What does goodness of fit refer to?
The degree of overlap between infants temperament and parents image of an ideal child
Temperament becomes discontinuous when?
Poor fit and parents try to change temperament
Bowlby studies WWII infants and found that they were _________ motivated to form ________ because they ensure survival.
biologically
attachments
What are the 4 attachment aspects?
proximity maintenance
safe haven
secure base
separation distress
What are the 3 stages of the separation process?
protest
despair
detachment
What did harry harlow study?
Monkeys to see if it was food or comfort that infants sought in a mother.
What experiment did Ainsworth conduct on attachment?
Strange situation
What was involved in Ainsworth’s strange situation?
The mother leaves the room and the infant is observed for reactions.
What are the 2 types of attachment styles?
secure
insecure
What are the 3 sub types of insecure attachment?
avoidant
anxious ambivalent
disorganised
Attachment styles define ________ not _________.
relationships
individuals
Bartholomew and Horowitz suggested that the model of ______ might be as important as the model of ________ in determining their attachment style.
self
other
What are Bartholomew’s 4 categories of adult attachment?
secure
preoccupied
dismissing
fearful
Baumrind suggested that there were 2 dimensions of styles of parenting- what were they?
Parental:
responsiveness/ warmth
demandingness/ control
What are the 4 dimensions of parenting styles?
authoritarian
authoritative
indulgent
uninvolved
What thought is behind the authoritative style of parents and what does it lead to?
Guidance leads to autonomy
What thought is behind the authoritarian style of parents and what does it lead to?
control leads to passivity
poor self-concept