Exam 4: Attachment: Forming Close Relationships

The central point of more recent learning theory-based perspectives on attachment which suggests that attachment results from satisfying interactions over time with responsive adults:

Which of the following best describes the relation between infants' temperament characteristics and attachment relationships?

When 1-year-old children are assessed in terms of their attachment to both their mothers and fathers and are then presented with a friendly clown:

Babies who look dazed, freeze in the middle of their movements, or engage in repetitive behaviors when reunited with the mothers after a brief separation during the Strange Situation Procedure have:

Unique contributions of Bowlby's theory include:

What impact does early institutionalization have on the quality of the child's later attachment relationships? What are the reasons?

In Harlow's surrogate mothers experiment, the hunger drive was more salient than the drive for comfort

People's mental representations of themselves in childhood, their parents, and the nature of their interactions with their parents are referred to as:

Which alternative to the Strange Situation provides as output the same four-category classification of secure, insecure-ambivalent, insecure-avoidant, and insecure-disorganized:

The phase of attachment that is characterized by indiscriminate social responsiveness is referred to as:

What are 4 consequences of maternal incarceration for children's adjustment?

The number of attachments a child can form is unlimited

What is parental insightfulness and how is it related to attachment?

The infant's attachment to the parent is a trait like weight or intelligence

Children who form insecure-avoidant attachments:

Attachment is best viewed as a dyadic construct. Discuss.

Define disorganized attachment and its consequence for children's social competence

A strong emotional relationship that forms between infant and caregiver in the second half of the child's first year:

The central point of Harlow's experiments with "surrogate mothers" was that:

Which of the following is not usually a barrier for attachment formation when the mother is in prison: