INFANT SOCIAL

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INFANT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL DEV.

• Chapter 9

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ATTACHMENT

• E. Eriksons theory
• Security feeling the world is a safe,
  predictable, nurturing place
• Necessary stage for healthy emotional dev

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ATTACHMENT

• Forming an emotional bond with at least one other
  person
• A bidirectional process
• Infants generally form attachments to multiple
  caregivers

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STRANGER ANXIETY

• Occurs at about 6-8 months
• Difficult time to start new child care

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SEPARATION ANXIETY

• Begins at about 6 months
• Effects are less if child has multiple caregivers
  at home
• At child care
• parental trust and positive attitude
• parents dont stay to play
• child told when parent is leaving
• established routine

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ATTACHMENT

• Secure (see p. 172)
• Insecure
• Insecure/avoidant ignore moms return
• Insecure/ambivalent alternate between upset and
  rejection
• Disorganized

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INSECURE ATTACHMENTS

• Attachment behaviors are relatively fixed over
  time but are able to change
• Insecure/avoidant attachments may lead to
  aggressive, impulsive, uncooperative behavior in
  later years
• Insecure/ambivalent attachments may lead to
  timid, dependent, whining, inhibited behaviors in
  later years

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CULTURAL VARIATIONS

• Attachment theory may not be universally true
• In some cultures (ex. Japanese, Chinese) cultural
  and parental attitudes and expectations may
  affect attachment behaviors of children

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• SECURE ATTACHMENT IN BABIES REQUIRES
  RESPONSIVENESS AND WARM PHYSICAL CONTACT within a
  cluster of culturally appropriate behaviors
  such as nursing, snuggling, carrying