Exam 1 Attachment

Question 1

Attachment

Answer 1

The close bond with a caregiver from which the infant derives a sense of security

Question 2

Freud’s theory of attachment

Answer 2

Infants become attached to those that provide pleasure, specifically in the oral stage which mothers provide pleasure in through feeding

Question 3

Erikson’s theory of attachment

Answer 3

children become attached to those they trust in the trust vs mistrust stage

Question 4

Harlow’s Monkeys

Answer 4

Monkeys separated from mother at birth and placed with terry cloth surrogate and wire surrogate
-the terry cloth surrogate may have provided milk or the wire surrogate may have provided milk
-Monkeys showed strong preference for the terry cloth surrogate even when they received milk from the wire surrogate
-the monkeys did develop poor social skills

Question 5

Attachment Theory (Bowlby)

Answer 5

Attachment is a mechanism that balances the infant’s need for safety and need to experience the world

Question 6

Necessary Requirements for healthy attachment (Bowlby)

Answer 6

1. caregiver responds to physical, social, and emotional needs
2. caregiver and child must engage in mutually enjoyable interactions

Question 7

Secure base (bowlby)

Answer 7

parental presence that gives the child a sense of safety as they explore

Question 8

The strange situation

Answer 8

Parent and child in room where child can explore toys
Parent leaves and stranger enters
Stranger leaves and parent comes back

Question 9

Secure Attachment

Answer 9

The child explored the toys, engaging with the environment and the caregiver, happy when caregiver returns

Question 10

Ambivalent Attachment

Answer 10

Doesn’t explore or engage with environment, distressed when caregiver leaves but resists return

Question 11

Avoidant Attachment

Answer 11

Doesn’t engage with environment, avoids/ignores parent, doesn’t care about caregivers return

Question 12

Disorganized attachment

Answer 12

inconsistent
may be very upset when caregiver leaves but then ignores them

Question 13

Attachment related disorders: reactive attachment disorder

Answer 13

inhibited emotions, withdrawn behaviors, social/emotional disturbances, history of social neglect
-between 9 M and 5 yrs

Question 14

Attachment related disorders: disinhibited social engagement

Answer 14

disinhibited behavior with adults (ie. immediately sitting on strangers lap), history of social neglect prior to age 2

Question 15

Stranger Anxiety

Answer 15

normal part of development where children feel distress when they come into contact with strangers
starts around 6 M
peaks at 15 M
Drops off by 18 M