growth and lifespan: lost in New York Flashcards
What is attachment?
The strong, affectionate tie that humans have with special people in their lives, leading to pleasure in interactions and comfort in times of stress.
(Berk, 2013, p. 428)
What did Harlow and Zimmerman (1959) conclude about infant attachment?
Contact comfort is an important contributor to an infant’s attachment to caregivers.
What is Bowlby’s (1969) ethological theory of attachment?
Infants and their mothers are biologically predisposed to form an attachment to ensure the infant’s survival.
What are the innate attachment-related behaviors of infants according to Bowlby?
- Sucking
- Crying
- Smiling
- Cooing
What are the four stages of attachment identified by Bowlby?
- Preattachment
- Attachment-in-the-making
- Clear-cut attachment
- Formation of reciprocal relationships
When do signs of attachment first become apparent?
About six months of age.
What is social referencing in infants?
Looking to caregivers to determine how to act in ambiguous and unfamiliar situations.
At what age does separation anxiety typically begin?
About six to eight months.
What are the four attachment patterns identified by Ainsworth et al. (1978)?
- Secure attachment
- Insecure/resistant (ambivalent) attachment
- Insecure/avoidant attachment
- Disorganized/disoriented attachment
Describe a baby with secure attachment.
Explores the room when the mother is present, may cry when she leaves, actively seeks contact when she returns, and prefers her to a stranger.
What characterizes a baby with insecure/resistant (ambivalent) attachment?
Stays close to the mother, is distressed when she leaves, may resist her upon return, and is fearful of strangers.
What is the behavior of a baby with insecure/avoidant attachment?
Indifferent toward the mother, little distress when she leaves, avoids her upon return.
What is the disorganized/disoriented attachment pattern?
Fearful of the mother, may exhibit dazed or confused behavior, and shows disorganized responses.
How does the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) relate to children’s attachment patterns?
Early attachment experiences of parents influence the attachment patterns of their children.
What attachment pattern is associated with adults classified as autonomous on the AAI?
Their children usually have secure attachment.
What is the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and childhood attachment?
Low-SES children are more likely to be insecurely attached due to associated risk factors.
What did research find about secure attachment across cultures?
Secure attachment is the most common pattern in both Western and non-Western cultures.
In which cultures is the insecure/avoidant attachment pattern most prevalent?
United States, Germany, and other individualistic cultures.
What is the impact of hospitalization on infants regarding separation from primary caregivers?
Younger infants exhibit little distress, while those over 7 months show significant distress and attachment disturbances.
What did Schaffer and Callender (1959) conclude about the critical period for separation distress?
The critical period begins after the middle of the first year of life.
What are the primary emotions exhibited by children from birth to 18 months of age?
Contentment, interest, distress, joy, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger, fear
Primary emotions are fundamental feelings that are universally recognized and are the first emotions to develop in infants.
At what age do children begin to exhibit secondary (self-conscious) emotions?
18 to 24 months
Secondary emotions arise from self-awareness and include feelings such as envy, empathy, and embarrassment.
What is facial emotion recognition?
The ability to perceive emotions in facial expressions
This skill develops during infancy and is crucial for social interactions.
At what age do infants begin to categorize facial expressions of emotion?
About 7 months of age
Infants can recognize the similarity of an emotion expression across different models.
What is the ‘fear bias’ observed in infants around 7 months of age?
Increased attention to fearful facial expressions
This shift occurs as infants become more familiar with various emotional expressions.
What is the positivity effect in older adults?
The tendency to prefer, attend to, and remember more positive information than younger adults
This effect is linked to emotional gratification and socioemotional selectivity theory.
What are the two self-conscious emotions discussed in the text?
Shame and guilt
These emotions arise from self-recognition and social interactions.
What are the two categories of aggression?
Instrumental aggression and hostile aggression
Instrumental aggression is proactive, while hostile aggression is driven by anger.
What is instrumental aggression also known as?
Proactive aggression
This type of aggression is aimed at fulfilling a need or desire.
What is the primary characteristic of hostile aggression?
Driven by anger and intended to hurt someone
It can also be referred to as reactive aggression when provoked.
What are the three forms of aggression described?
Physical aggression, verbal aggression, relational aggression
Each form has distinct characteristics and methods of expression.
What is the coercive family interaction model?
A model that explains how aggressive behaviors in children develop from family dynamics
It emphasizes the role of parental behavior and stress in escalating aggression.
What is the first step in Crick and Dodge’s social information processing model?
Encoding of cues
Aggressive children focus on cues suggesting hostile intentions.
How do violent video games relate to aggression according to the APA Task Force?
They contribute to increases in aggressive behavior and cognitions
The relationship remains significant even when controlling for other risk factors.
True or False: Negative emotions increase with age from early 20s to mid-60s.
False
Negative emotions actually decrease during this period.
Fill in the blank: The self-conscious emotions include ______ and guilt.
shame
Both emotions are linked to personal attributes and behaviors.
What is the significance of the violation-of-expectation paradigm in understanding infant emotions?
It assesses the ability of infants to match facial expressions with eliciting events
This method helps researchers understand infants’ affective meaning recognition.
What has been found useful for improving parent-child interactions and reducing children’s aggression?
Parent training
Parent training can also help with other externalizing behavior problems.
What factors moderate the effectiveness of parent training programs?
Initial severity of the child’s symptoms and family’s socioeconomic status
These factors influence the outcomes of the training.
According to a meta-analysis, how do parent training programs perform for economically disadvantaged and nondisadvantaged families with severe initial problems?
Equally effective immediately posttreatment
What was a significant finding regarding disadvantaged families at the one-year follow-up of parent training?
They had poorer outcomes than advantaged families regardless of initial severity
What characterizes a ‘culture of honor’?
Concerns about maintaining status and reputation, willingness to respond with aggression to threats to honor
Which regions in the United States show more prevalence of ‘culture of honor’ attitudes?
Southern United States
What are some factors attributed to the greater acceptance of violence in southern states?
Warmer temperatures, greater poverty, tradition of slavery, herding economy in the 17th and 18th centuries
What does herding predispose people to do according to Nisbett?
Adopt a violent stance towards others due to the risk of losing livelihoods
What is the relationship between culture-of-honor norms and laws in the South?
Persistence of norms is evident in looser gun laws and higher rates of homicides from honor-related arguments
How do White Southern men typically react to insults compared to their Northern counterparts?
Higher levels of anger, larger increases in cortisol and testosterone, greater endorsement of violence
What are the two classifications of play according to Parten?
Nonsocial play and social play
What are the types of nonsocial play?
- Unoccupied play
- Solitary play
- Onlooker play
What are the types of social play?
- Parallel play
- Associative play
- Cooperative play
What is gender segregation in childhood play?
The tendency of children to choose playmates of the same gender
At what age do most children begin to prefer same-sex playmates?
Between 2 and 3 years of age
How does the type of play children engage in change with age?
Unoccupied and onlooker play occur at all ages; solitary and parallel play decline with age; associative and cooperative play increase with age
What are the five overlapping levels of friendship understanding according to Selman?
- Level 0: Momentary Playmates
- Level 1: One-Way Assistance
- Level 2: Two-Way, Fair Weather Cooperation
- Level 3: Intimate, Mutually Shared Relationships
- Level 4: Mature Friendship
What characterizes rejected-aggressive children?
Hyperactive, impulsive, often in conflict with peers, trouble regulating emotions, misinterpret intentions as hostile
What defines rejected-withdrawn children?
Submissive, passive, high social anxiety, negative expectations about treatment by others