Lecture 4 Flashcards
Attachment transmission is
Intergenerational
Attachment transmission is
Intergenerational
Does the effect of child care effect mother-infant attachment?
No direct effect of non-parental care on children’s attachment security
Was there any effects of non parental care?
They were less likely to be sensitive when there is low maternal sensitivity.
–> Poor quality childcare
–> Extensive hours in childcare
–> Or more than one childcare arrangement
Which children are affected most by non-parental care
Those high in negative affectivity
What did NICHD find at 4/5 years
Higher quality of care –> better academic and language skills
More hours in care –> More behavioural problems
Centre-type care –> Better language performance, memory and behavioural problems
Does spending a large amount of time in center-care effect anything?
It increased the risk of real aggression even after controlling for variables.
Quality of care is measured with
ITERS and ETERS
Fathers are important for
Social regulation in the child
Children with same sex parents
Have lower internalised and externalised problems
Gay fathers
Have higher levels of warmth
Lower levels of interaction
Higher levels of responsiveness
Expectant fathers and the control were equally concerned with ___
indirect care for the infant
What hormone in fathers goes up when they are with their baby?
Prolactin
Who has a bigger role in language development?
Fathers around 2/3 years have a bigger effect as they tend to use bigger more complex words
When vasopressin was given to fathers what happened?
They spent more time looking at baby related avatars compared to the control
