Exam 12: Attachment and Early Parent-Child Care

"Just because something has been influenced by natural selection and has evolved says nothing about its social or moral acceptability" is a

In the third stage of attachment, referred to as attachment-in-the-making, babies clearly enjoy human company, smiling their parents or other familiar caregivers, as well as nearly all normal-acting people, and they do not show substantial distress at the presence of strangers or at being separated from their primary caregiver.

Spitz identified an almost irreversible and deathly syndrome in children who were separated from their mothers or other significant caregivers for periods longer than 5 months during their first year of life and called it

Girls who experience insecure, high-stress, undependable, and unpredictable environments tend to do all of the following except

Which of the following has been called "the love hormone"?

The main purpose of infant attachment behaviors is to

It is unlikely that being securely attached in infancy is the cause for children to be securely attached in childhood or causes them to be more socially competent or intellectually advanced at age 12 or later on.

Which of the following has been applied most successfully to explaining at least some aspects of the infant-mother attachment?

The stage at which babies show increasing ability to understand their caregivers' behaviors and needs, and, accordingly, to show a more balanced, two-way relationship with their caregivers, is

According to which theory do sexes differ in how much they invest in mating versus parenting?

Attachment has received much research attention over the decades for all of the following reasons except

Evidence from which emerging field caused Bowlby to see that infant-mother attachment was important not just for humans but for many species?

The fourth stage of attachment is referred to as reciprocal relationship, or multiple attachments, and reflects children's increasing ability to understand their caregivers' behaviors and needs.

The positive effects of secure attachment are so many and so rich that McDevitt and Ormond (2004) described secure attachment in terms of a

A recent study found that the amount of affection and attachment fathers felt toward their children was related to

According to what theory should the care, or investment, we provide to children be influenced by genetic relatedness?

Spittz's findings were in the line with Bowlby's own clinical studies the lack of significant primary relationships for

People's assessments of children's "cuteness" vary with those persons'

The first and still most widely used method to measure the quality of attachment in children is a 20-minute test designed by Ainsworth called the

In insecure-avoidant attachment, infants appear anxious even with their mothers and tend not to explore much. They also become very distressed when their mothers leave, but are ambivalent and display anger on her return and stay near her after she returns but seemingly resent her earlier departure and often resist her attempts at contact.