Attachment and Family

Question 1

Early social-emotional bonds are critical for cognitive, physical, and socioemotional development

Answer 1

true

Question 2

Secure attachment

Answer 2

(65%)
•Baby freely explores new situations- uses caregiver as a secure base)
•Baby is distressed at separation, and excited at caregiver’s return

Question 3

Insecure/ avoidant attachment

Answer 3

(15%)
•Baby freely explores new situations
•Baby exhibits little distress at separation, and avoids caregiver upon return
•Super independent

Question 4

Insecure/ resistant attachment

Answer 4

5%
•Baby fails to explore new situations
•Baby is highly distressed at separation, and exhibits a mixture of relief and anger upon caregivers return
•Clingy, half excited, half angry when mom returns

Question 5

Disorganized attachment

Answer 5

(15%)
•Baby exhibits contradictory behavior (e.g., physical closeness with no interaction)
•Baby is distressed at separation, and avoids caregiver upon return

Question 6

Parent child relationships change throughout childhood (understand the overall pattern of the milestones

Answer 6

Great deal of time spent together → less time spent together
Parent as nurturer → parent as supporter
Asymmetry in power → equality in power
Co-regulation → autonomy

Question 7

Authoritative parenting style

Answer 7

Set clear standards and limits and enforce them consistently
Attentive to needs and communicate openly
Most positive, at least in USA—high in social and academic competence, low in drug use and behavior problems

Question 8

Authoritarian parenting style

Answer 8

Controlling through threats and punishment, unresponsive
Children low in self-confidence, high in delinquent behavior
More common in low SES parents, may be adaptive to the situation

Question 9

Permissive parenting style

Answer 9

warmth and acceptance mixed with permissiveness (no control)

Question 10

rejecting-neglecting/disengaged parenting style

Answer 10

Hostility and rejection mixed with permissiveness

“I don’t care what you do”

Question 11

Secure parent-child relationships are the result of many factors

Answer 11

The child’s temperament is one of the strongest influences

Divorce affects the child in different ways

Question 12

Bowlby’s Attachment Theory

Answer 12

Preattachment (birth to 6 weeks)- interactions cued by innate signals
Attachment-in-the-making (6 weeks- 6-8 months)- infant develops expectations about trust/ mistrust and forms trust/ mistrust
Clear-cut attachment (6-18 months)- infants actively seek out caregivers and begin to exhibit separation anxiety
Reciprocal relationships- toddlers develop working back and forth relationship with caregiver
internalize their model of attachment