Childhood

Question 1

describe key psychosocial and developmental tasks for children at this stage.

Answer 1

The main task for an infant is to learn trust/establish a secure attachment

Question 2

What are the basic parental tasks for infants?

Answer 2

The main task for the hatching stage is to help the child develop their skills of walking and manipulating objects, without doing it for them, or aiding too much.

The main task for parents in the practicing stage is to encourage and praise effort, and minimize shame and humiliation.

The main task for the rapprochement stage is to be receptive to child;s moving out and back, and teaching freedom/limits of one;s will.

The main task for preschool stage is to encourage to talk about feelings and thoughts when expressed, and take the child’s perspective seriously.

Question 3

What are the common behavioral concerns of this period of development?

Answer 3

depression from not forming a single secure attachment

Question 4

Describe the relationship between temperament and attachment

Answer 4

Temperament is a (child’s) constitutionally based emotional, motor, and attention, and self regulation.

The parents have to have adapt to the child’s temperament, to form a successful attachment.

Question 5

Identify key results of attuned parenting

Answer 5

Attuned parenting is when the parents are aware of baby’s signaling, can distinguish between them, and respond promptly/appropriately

The results are that the child cries less, develop communication skills, and are more obedient to commands

Question 6

What is a transitional object?

Answer 6

Security objects (secondary attachment figures when primary is gone). Think blankie.