Exam 6: Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

What concept dealing with the developing self is thought to possibly be an innate understanding?

Anna is an infant taking part in the Strange Situation. Anna was not interested in playing with the toys and sat next to her mother. When the stranger entered the room, Anna began to cry. After her mother left the room and came back in, Anna cried and signaled for her mother to pick her up. When her mother picked her up, she kicked her feet and wanted to get down. She fussed for the remainder of the procedure. What attachment type is Anna's behavior consistent with?

What is the most important determinant of infant attachment?

What parental technique for helping infants learn to manage their emotions becomes less common as infants get older?

Separation protest tends to be primarily seen only in North America and is NOT considered a behavior witnessed cross-culturally.

Infants with difficult temperaments who live in hostile living conditions (such as nonindustrial countries plagued by drought) tend to survive at higher rates than do those with easy temperaments.

Which of the following is NOT a suggestion for overcoming an insecure attachment between child and parent?

Which of the following infants is most likely to exhibit stranger wariness?

Western cultures tend to emphasize independence, while Eastern cultures are more likely to emphasize the importance of relationships. Based on these cultural differences, what can be deduced about the development of attachment in childhood?

What is goodness of fit?

Virtually all infants are attached to their parents.

Which of the following characteristics is part of the behavioral style of a slow-to-warm-up child?

At what age can infants discriminate happy faces from fearful ones?

Temperament tends to be stable over months and even years, even into adulthood.

What age are children when they are in the trust versus mistrust stage?

Which of the following behaviors is NOT consistent with a child that is securely attached to his or her caregiver?

Which of the following suggests the emergence of a sense of self in relation to others?

In which culture are mothers more likely to stimulate their babies by tickling and allowing squeals of pleasure?

Michael is considered to have a difficult temperament. He is often irritable and fussy, reacts negatively to change, and withdraws from new situations. Michael would score high on which of Rothbart's dimensions of temperament?

According to Erikson, what happens if parents are overprotective with their toddlers?