Exam 11: Attachment to Others and Development of Self

Erikson theorized that identity foreclosure takes place when identity:

The majority of middle-class infants in the United States fall into which attachment category?

According to Erikson, adolescents who have an incomplete and incoherent sense of self have identity:

The ethnic identity component referred to as ethnic knowledge involves:

According to Bowlby, 2-year-old toddlers begin to understand their parents' feelings, goals, and motives, and use this understanding to organize their efforts to be near their parents. What is this phase called?

When they were 6 months old, Harlow's rhesus monkeys, who had been isolated at birth from other monkeys, showed:

Which of the following statements is true about attachment?

Describe the notion of the internal working model of attachment, as proposed by Bowlby. What does this working model include? What type of internal working model is associated with having unresponsive, uncaring, and unavailable caregivers? What about caregivers who are accessible and responsive?

Rita, an adolescent, is searching for her identity and is experimenting with ideas about what she wants to do with her life. Her parents let her explore these ideas without pushing her to act as an adult. Her parents are following Erikson's notion of:

Sexual-minority individuals who feel ambivalent about their same-sex attractions, but are starting to have limited contact with gay or lesbian individuals are in which of the following stages of the coming-out process?

Emmy responds more positively to her mother than to other people. She smiles and laughs more often in her mother's presence than in the presence of other people. She does not exhibit separation distress, nor does she actively seek out her mother. Bowlby would consider Emmy to be in which phase of the development of attachment?

After a difficult summer, Melinda, age 14, is no longer going to babysit for her younger brother. She also has decided she is not going to play on the soccer team, is going to pursue a new interest in art, and has changed her hairstyle. Melinda is experiencing a period of:

When baby Joseph cries, he is easily comforted by his mother. He is comforted just as easily by his father, his grandparents, and his babysitter, as well as by strangers. Bowlby would consider Joseph to be in which phase of the development of attachment?

Bowlby listed four different phases of attachment. What age are children when they are in the "clear-cut attachment" phase?

Michael is an adolescent whose parents have always expected him to become a lawyer. Without considering any other options throughout high school or college, Michael applies to law school. Erikson would say Michael has made what type of identity choice?

Why is it difficult to fully understand the association between attachment security during infancy and later functioning?

Which of the following assertions is a true statement about culture and self-esteem?

Which is NOT an accurate statement about intervention programs designed to improve parental sensitivity and children's security of attachment?

Children who do not fit into Ainsworth's three original categories now are typically classified as:

Anxious/resistant infants are most likely to have parents.