Exam 4: Socioemotional Development in Infancy: The First Two Years

With respect to a child's attachment to fathers, the child's ________________ plays a role in determining the level and type of attachment security a child is likely to develop.

Research found that mothers and fathers showed the same level of sensitivity to sons, but fathers were ________ sensitive to daughters than mothers.

When a developmentalist observes an infant showing flexibility with respect to the proximity he seeks and maintains between himself and his caregiver, and the infant remains calm while playing, the developmentalist would likely describe this infant as ______________ attached.

Watching a parade for his first time, 1-year-old Frederick doesn't know how to respond when the band passes directly in front of him. To understand what is going on, Fredrick is likely to:

Based on cutting-edge findings using fMRI, developmental scientists may predict that a child who scores high on the inhibition scale may grow up to:

Infants experience at least two types of normative and expected anxiety: _______________________ anxiety.

With respect to emotional development in infancy, emotions can be categorized into two types: primary and secondary.

Julio's parents do nothing to help soothe him when he is in a stressful situation. They believe they are helping him learn to "suck it up" when they expect him to soothe himself. In this scenario, the parents place little value on ____________________ goodness-of-fit.

The first stage of Erikson's psychosocial stage theory, _________________, is successfully resolved when the individual develops the understanding that the environment will meet his or her needs.