48-49 Flashcards
(27 cards)
Attachment
An emotional tie with another person
Stranger Anxiety
The fear of strangers that infants commonly displayed
Harlow study
When raised with both the monkeys, overwhelmingly preferred the comfy cloth mother.
Crucial period
An optimal period when certain events must take place to a proper development
Konrad Lopez
Imprinting the process by which certain animals form strong attachments during early life.
Mary Ainsworth
Designed strange situation experiment
Strange Situation design
A procedure for studying child-caregiver attachment
Secure attachment
Demonstrated by infants who comfortably explore environment in the presence of their caregiver.
Insecure attachment
Demonstrated by infants who demonstrate anxious attachment or avoiding that resists closeness
Temperament
A inborn characteristic emotional reactivity
Erik Erickson
Basic trust - a sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy
Self concept
All thoughts and feeling about ourselves
Authoritarian parents
Impose rules and demand obedience
Permissive parents
Sets few limits and rules
Authoritative
Set rules but allow for discussion
Negligent parents
Careless and do not seek close relationship with there parent
Sex
Biologically influenced characteristics by which people define male and female
Gender
The socially influence by which people define boy and girl
Aggressive
Any physical or verbal behavior intended to harm someone
Relational aggression
An act of aggression or persons relationship or social standings
Role
A set of expectations about a social position
Gender roles
Set expected behaviors attitudes and traits for males or for females
Gender identity
Our sense of being male or female
Learning theory
The theory of we learned social gender by observing
