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Development
Question | Answer |
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Attatchment | enduring emotional tie between primary caregiver and child |
imprinting | is the tendency of young animals to follow an animal to which they were exposed during a sensitive period |
Secure Attachment Pattern | Child welcomes mothers return and seeks closeness to her |
Avoident Attachment Pattern | Child ignores the mother |
Ambivalent Attachment Pattern | Child exhibits anger at the mother while seeking to be close to her |
Disorganised Attachment Pattern | Child may approach mother but gaze away, and may show odd motor behaviour and dazed facial expressions |
Biological development of attachment styles | Separation from the caregiver results in distress– The neurotransmitter norepinephrine is increased in infants during separation |
Environmental developmenet of attachment style | The sensitivity of the mother to her infant– Mother interacts with infant– Mother provides nurturance– Mother stimulates and encourages infant |
self-concept | refers to an organised view of ourselves or way of representing information about the self |
Theory of Mind | An implicit set of ideas about the existence of mental states (such as beliefs and feelings) in oneself and others, develops between the ages of 2 and 4 |
Gender Constancy | Understanding that gender cannot be altered by changes in appearance or activities |
Gender Stability | Understanding that gender remains constant over time |
Gender Identity | Ability to characterise the self and others as male or female |
Socialisation | process by which we lean values, morals, beliefs, behaviours. affected and mediated by parenting styles |
Uninvolved/neglectful parenting style | Place their own needs above those of their child |
Authoritarian parenting style | Place a high value on obedience and respect for authority |
Authoritative parenting style | Enforce standards, but encourage verbal give-and-take |
Permissive parenting style | Impose minimal controls on their children |
morality of contraint | Children before the ages of 9-10 years conform to societal rules that are viewed as unchanging and unchangeable |
morality of cooperation | Older children and adults view rules as strategies for keeping social interactions safe, fair and comfortable.Rules can be changed with mutual consent |