social and emotional development

Question 1

theory of mind

Answer 1

• appreciation that other people may think differently
• what they think will guide their behaviour rather than how things really are
• possible origin of fake news

Question 2

nature and nurture

Answer 2

• brain maturation - age threshold
• relations with language development
• pretend play
• social interactions
• parental use of mental state language - parents who explain and discuss
• quality of parent child relationship
• presence of older siblings

Question 3

individual difference in attachment

Answer 3

nature vs nurture
- parenting and attachment
1. parents differ in how they respond to infants
2. infants differ in what they bring to relationships - temperatment - evocative
- parent challenge is to modulate their responses to match the baby

Question 4

core features of sensitivity

Answer 4

• parent notices and receives infant signals/cues
• parent interprets these accurately
• parent responds appropriately