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| Define: Secure attachment |
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Secure attachment:
A pattern of attchment in which an infant readily separates from the parent, seeks proximity when stressed, and uses the parent as a safe base for exploration. |
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| Define: Avoidant attachment |
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Avoidant Attachment:
A pattern of attachment in which an infant avoids contact with the parent and shows no preference for the parent over other people |
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| Define: Ambivialent attachment |
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Ambivalent attachment:
A pattern of attachment in which an infant shows little exploratory behaviour, is greatly upset when separated from the mother and is not reassured by her return or efforts to comfort him. |
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| Define: Disorganized/Disoriented attachement |
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Disorganized/Disoriented attachement:
A pattern of attchement in which an infant seems confused or apprehensive and shows contradictory behaviour, such as moving toward the mother while looking away from her. |
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| Stranger Anxiety: Expressions of discomfort, such as clinging to the mother, in the presence of strangers |
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| Define:Separation Anxiety |
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| Separation Anxiety: Expressions of discomfort, such as crying when separated from an attachment figure. |
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| Define:Social Referencing |
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| Social Referencing: An infants use of others facial expressions as a guide to his or her own emotions |
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| What are the 3 phases Bowlby suggested in the development of infants attachment? |
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1. Nonfocused orienting and signaling (0-2 months)
2.Focus on one or more figures(3-6 months)
3.Secure base behaviour
(6-7 months) |
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| Personality: A pattern of responding to people and objects in the environment |
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| Temperament:Inborn predispositions such as activity level that form the foundations of personality |
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| Objective Self: An infants awareness that she or he is a separate person who endures through time and space and can act on the environment |
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| Regarding dimensions of temperament what are Thoms & Chess's three dominant temperaments types? |
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The easy child
The difficult child
The slow to warm up child |
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| What are Buss & Plomin's 3 basic temperament dimensions? |
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Activity level- Passive vs Active
Emotionality-Positive or negative
Sociability |
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| Once a baby can recognize herself in the mirror she has deloeved which.....objective or emotional self? |
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