WK 4 L2 Social development

Question 1

Social development

Answer 1

encompasses change in feelings, interpersonal thought and behaviour across the lifespan

Question 2

Positive illusions model

Answer 2

unrealistically positive- parents rate their child to have a more positive than negative attributes

Question 3

Critical issues in social development

Answer 3

attachment and its implications for adult functioning, socialisation by parents and peers, change in moral reasoning

Question 4

Contact comfort

Answer 4

harlow- 1959, infant monkeys

Question 5

Imprinting

Answer 5

tendency of young animals to follow an animal to which they were exposed to during a sensitive period

Question 6

strange situation paradigm

Answer 6

Mary Ainsworth- mother leaves child briefly then rejoins

Question 7

Attachment patterns

Answer 7

secure, avoidant, ambivalent and disorganised

Question 8

Secure

Answer 8

child welcomes mum- seeks closeness

Question 9

Avoidant

Answer 9

child ignores mother

Question 10

Ambivalent

Answer 10

child exhibits anger at mum while seeking to be close to her

Question 11

Disorganised

Answer 11

child may approach mother but gaze away, may show odd motor behaviour and dazed facial

Question 12

Temperament

Answer 12

in early childhood, tends to be stable in ;after life

Question 13

Factors that affect attachment

Answer 13

Opportunity for attachment, quality of caregiving, infant characteristics and family circumstances

Question 14

Opportunity for attachment

Answer 14

socioeconomic status and orphans

Question 15

Quality of caregiving

Answer 15

parents with substance abuse, postpartum depression

Question 16

Infant characteristics

Answer 16

temperament, prematurity and illness

Question 17

Family circumstance

Answer 17

domestic violence

Question 18

Socialisation

Answer 18

process by which children learn the beliefs, values, skills and behaviour patterns of their society

Question 19

issue in socialisation

Answer 19

interactive and lifelong, occurs within a broad context

Question 20

parenting styles

Answer 20

authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, uninvolved

Question 21

Authoritarian

Answer 21

place high value on obedience and respect

Question 22

Permissive

Answer 22

impose minimal controls

Question 23

Authoritative

Answer 23

enforce standards but encourage verbal give and take

Question 24

Uninvolved

Answer 24

place own needs above that of child

Question 25

Self-concept

Answer 25

refers to an organised view of ourselves or way of representing info about the self

Question 26

Theory of mind

Answer 26

implicit set of ideas about the existence of mental states in oneself and others