Exam 10: Emotional Development, Temperament, and Attachment

Suppose you are providing counseling to parents regarding their son, Nicholas. His parents report that Nicholas is a difficult child and disregards any of the demands made by his mother. During the "strange situation" test, Nicholas seems angry with his mother for having left him, but he turns from her when she tries to comfort him. What could you hypothesize about the parenting style of Nicholas's mother, and what advice might you offer to improve the situation?

Resistant attachment, disorganized/disoriented attachment, and avoidant attachment are all types of

When assessed in Ainsworth's "strange situation," about 65 percent of North American one-year-olds show __________ attachment.

Briefly summarize evidence on the role of (a) feeding, (b) contact-comfort, and (c) caregiver responsiveness in the formation of infant-to-caregiver attachment.

Explain what amae is and how it affects attachment security.

The adaptive regulation of emotions involves

Who is best at displaying phony feelings of gratitude after receiving an unwanted gift?

Explain what emotional display rules are, and identify two skills children must acquire to comply with emotional display rules.

"You must laugh when others laugh, cry when others cry." This slogan is most likely seen as graffiti in a(n)

The two common fears of infancy, separation anxiety and stranger anxiety, reflect the baby's preference for

Describe the environmental influences that have the largest effect on temperament.

American children are generally encouraged by their parents to be

Regarding the effectiveness of fathers at providing routine care such as diapering, bathing, and soothing a distressed infant,

A slogan of Freud's psychoanalytic theory of attachment would be,

The vast majority of adopted children

TEMPERAMENT is to PERSONALITY as ____ is to ____.

The fact that both physical and cognitive development influence the nature of emotional/social development illustrates which theme from the text?

Describe characteristics that are seen in later childhood when a child has formed a resistant, avoidant, or disorganized/disoriented attachment with his or her caregivers during infancy.

In the "internal working model" theory, the securely attached child has a ____ model of self and a ____ model of others.

Regarding child care, MOTHER is to FATHER as ____ is to ____.