Exam 4: Attachment: Forming Close Relationships

If you were observing institutionalized young children living in poor quality orphanages, about how many would you expect to be securely attached?

This theory of attachment development describes the mother as a secondary drive because she is associated with the relief of hunger:

Individuals who are able to overcome their early insecure attachments and develop secure relationships with their spouses and offspring are referred to as:

Babies who are able to explore novel environments, are minimally disturbed by brief separations from their parents, and are quickly comforted by their parents when they return have a:

In a study in Bucharest, orphanage children who were adopted later formed secure attachments ______ of the time, whereas those who remained in the orphanage formed secure attachments ______ of the time:

Newborn monkeys who are isolated from all social contact during their first year:

Early relationships clearly affect later relationships, but the influence of early experience is not absolute

Psychoanalytic explanations for attachment were important because they drew attention to the importance of early contact between mother and infant

Hormonal shifts associated with having a child are especially marked for men who are closely involved with their wives during pregnancy

Fathers:

This theory of attachment development highlights instinctual responses that are important for the protection and survival of the species:

A study of infant attachment among 60 two-parent working-class families in Scotland found that the number of infants who formed a specific attachment to their mother during the first year of life was:

Reasons the Strange Situation reveals cultural differences in the proportion of children exhibiting a secure attachment include the following:

The two theoretical dimensions used to assess attachment in addition to the four attachment types are:

In hunter-gatherer societies where men and women work together to search for food and other necessities, mothers are not the primary caregivers as they tend to be in industrialized countries

A difference in the Strange Situation coding of younger children and older children is the role of verbal behavior

Children who form secure attachments often have parents whose attachment type as measured by the Adult Attachment Interview is described as:

A study of infant attachment among 60 two-parent working-class families in Scotland found that the number of infants who formed a secondary attachment to their father during the first 18 months of life was:

Piaget believed that object permanence would emerge sometime during the first year of the infant's life

Research has shown that contact between mother and baby immediately after birth: