Exam 6: Disorders of Attachment

Joshua,a 16-month-old,prefers to play alone,will approach strangers without displaying fear,and will wander away from his caregivers without hesitation.Joshua may be displaying signs of ________ disorder.

Discuss the difficulties with diagnosing disorders of attachment in older children and adolescents.

Describe the two terms "mentalizing" and "mind-reading skills" and how deficits in these two skills might lead to psychopathology in children.

The fact that infants in a variety of cultures demonstrate similar attachment patterns would support the __________ of attachment processes and behaviors.

Insecure patterns of attachment are synonymous with clinical disorders of childhood.

Researchers have identified a specific and effective way to treat attachment disorders in young children.

Insecurity in children has been linked with ____________ in their parents.

Discuss the following statement as it relates to the development of attachment disorders: Difficulties in early relationships can be considered a "marker of a beginning pathological process."

Clinicians must consider "the past as it is active in the present" (Hirshberg,1993).This statement would indicate which of the following?

Zennah and Smyke (2009)assert that "only in highly unusual and maladaptive caregiving environments do attachments fail to develop." Discuss this statement in terms of what types of environments might lead to disordered attachment and how this information might be used to prevent and/or treat attachment disorders.

Describe and discuss the three different types of insecure attachment patterns as it relates to short-term and long-term attachment.

Maggie's mother has been hospitalized for several months to treat her drug addiction.Because of her unavailability for parenting,young Maggie has been in day care environments in which she was maltreated by caregivers and older children.Maggie now engages in stereotyped movements and often looks afraid and apprehensive,which might be signs of disorganized attachment.

The authors of the text would likely endorse which of the following statements?

Reactive attachment disorder is the most common type of attachment problem seen in young children.

Assessment of disorders of attachment includes more ________ assessment than research-oriented assessment.

Which of the following can be assumed from the discussion in the text?

The authors of the text would support the fact that human attachments are especially fragile and easily broken through a variety of parent,child,and caregiving factors.

Assessment of attachment disorders usually includes interviews and direct observation.