Week 3 Flashcards
What is proximity maintenance?
The desire to be near the people we are attached to
What is a safe haven?
Returning to the attachment figure for comfort and safety in the face of a fear or threat
What is a secure base?
The attachment figure acts as a base of security from which the child can explore the surrounding environment
What is separation distress?
Anxiety that occurs in the absence of the attachment figure
Who first did the imprinting experiment in 1952?
Lorenz
What happens in an anxious avoidant attachment during a strange situation interview?
Child: Avoids or ignore the parent when he or she returns - showing little overt indications of an emotional response. Often, the stranger will not be treated much differently from the parent
Parent: Disinterested, uncomfortable with showing affection but overly encourages separation/independence(Suggests an avoidant/unresponsive parenting style)
What happens in an anxious ambivalent attachment during a strange situation interview?
Child: Explores little, wary of strangers. When the mother departs, the child is often highly distressed. The child is however generally ambivalent when she returns.
Parent: Inconsistent/unpredictable responses
(Suggests an unpredictable or scary parenting style)
What happens in an secure attachment during a strange situation interview?
Child: Readily explores, using carer as a secure base. Cries infrequently. Easily put down after being held. Confident.
Parent: Appropriate response to upset, appropriate encouragement to explore, tuned in to child’s needs
(Suggests a balanced, attuned parenting style)
What sort of attachment assessment can be tested in 4-8 year olds?
Manchester Child Attachment Story Task (MCAST)
The Manchester Child Attachment Story Task can add a 4th category, what is it and what does it suggest?
Disorganised attachment (suggests significant trauma and chaos)
What is temperament?
Inherent, constitutionally-based characteristics that constitute the core of personality and influence directions for development
What are the 9 dimensions of temperament in the New York Longitudinal Study?
- activity level
- approach/withdrawal
- adaptability
- mood
- threshold
- intensity
- distractibility
- rhythmicity
- attention span/persistence
(Or simplified to difficult, easy or slow to warm up)
What is a genogram?
A pictorial display of a person’s family relationships and medical history