Exam 10: Emotional Development, Temperament, and Attachment

Which statement about primary emotions is FALSE?

The infant's level of emotional reactivity is its

As an overview summary of attachment style, this slogan applies with general accuracy:

In Denham et al.'s study on emotional competence, how was emotional knowledge measured?

Infants suffer their peak level of distress from stranger anxiety at the average age of about ____ months.

Many of an infant's inborn reflexes, such as rooting, sucking, and grasping, have an endearing quality because

Cognitive-developmental theory states that the infant's attachment depends on its mastery of

Which of the following factors is known to promote secure attachment?

Which infant has the hardest time regulating his or her emotions?

Teenagers who participate in life-risking sports (e.g., skydiving, bungee-jumping) would be LOW in the trait called

Emotions that the neonate can express immediately at birth are considered by researchers to be

The infant is most likely to suffer from separation anxiety when

____ is the infant's early form of personality, and it has attributes such as activity level, positive affect, and fearfulness.

The best sign as to whether an infant has developed an attachment for a specific adult would be if the infant

Explain social referencing, and describe how it changes over the first two years.

Which of these will be LEAST helpful to reducing the child's stranger anxiety during a medical treatment?

Identify the correct incidence ranking from most common to least, as assessed in the "strange situation":

Rapunzel takes her one-year-old son, Adam, to visit an infant-toddler program in which she hopes to enroll him. Adam appears very anxious and unwilling to explore the room, even when Rapunzel is close by. When she leaves the room to fill out some forms, Adam becomes extremely upset and remains that way for the entire time Rapunzel is gone. When she returns, Adam stays close to her, holds onto her skirt, and makes it clear that he does not want her to touch him or pick him up. This incident might be observed with a child and parent who share this attachment style:

A secure base is a(n)

"Behavioral inhibition" is a term of psychological jargon that stands for what ordinary people would call