module 5 - social and personality of infants

Question 1

what are the 2 theories of social and personality development?

Answer 1

psychoanalytic and ethological

Question 2

whos theory is more reputable erickson or freud?

Answer 2

erickson

Question 3

what is the attachment theory?

Answer 3

the ability to need to form attachment relationship early in life (mother)

Question 4

at what age do infants create internal models of their relationships?

Answer 4

5yrs

Question 5

what are bowlbys 4 stages of attachment?

Answer 5

0-3 months - non-focused orienting, signaling
3-6 months - focus on one or more figures
6-24 months - secure base behaviour
24 months+ - internal model

Question 6

what is stranger anxiety?

Answer 6

expressions of discomfort around strangers, cling to mother

Question 7

what is separation anxiety?

Answer 7

expressions of discomfort when separated from mother

Question 8

what is social reinforcing?

Answer 8

infants use of others facial expressions as a guide to their own emotions

Question 9

what are the 3 types of insecure attachment?

Answer 9

avoidance attachment
ambivalent attachment
disorganized attachment

Question 10

what are the 5 characteristics of a caregiver?

Answer 10

emotional responsiveness
tactile responsiveness
contingent responsiveness
marital conflict
mental health

Question 11

what are some traits of securely attached children?

Answer 11

more sociable, less clingy, more empathetic, likely to be leaders, higher self esteem

Question 12

what is personality?

Answer 12

pattern of responding to people and objects

Question 13

what is temperment?

Answer 13

predispositions that are the foundation for personality

Question 14

what percent of children are the easy child?

Answer 14

40%

Question 15

what percent of children are the difficult child?

Answer 15

10%

Question 16

what percent of children are the slow to warm up child?

Answer 16

15%

Question 17

what are the 5 dimensions of temperment?

Answer 17

activity level
positive emotionality
inhibition
negative emotionality
effortful control

Question 18

what is the subjective self? what age notices?

Answer 18

infant aware that they are a separate person (8-12 months)

Question 19

what is the objective self? what age notices?

Answer 19

understand that they are defined by various categories (2½ yrs)

Question 20

what is the emotional self? what age develops?

Answer 20

learning to identify emotion (2-3 yrs)

Question 21

what is awareness of the intentions of others? what age does this develop?

Answer 21

become aware of other people and their intentions (2 yrs)