HD FS 428 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Apache Hadoop, Parental Leave, 18 Months
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An intense emotional bond that forms between an infant and its primary caregiver. All infants are hardwired to be attached and to attach. The means by which a helpless infant has its needs meant. Becomes the engine of subsequent social emotional and cognitive development. Establishes the neural pathways that will sculpt what are likely to be lifelong patterns of response to people, things, events, etc. Recognized that babies contribute actively to the ties established with caregivers. Two main human drives: to explore, and to be protected: results in the use of a parent as a secure base. Measuring attachment scrutiny: strange situation (lab procedure, questionnaires, attachment cue set, interviews. Securely attached: 55%-65% of children in the us. Insecure ambivalent: 10%-15, cling to the parent but are not comforted, very wary of strangers, very distressed when parents leave, not comforted by reunion, caused by an inconsistent (sometimes sensitive, sometimes insensitive) parenting. Disorganized: lack of coherent behavioral strategy for dealing with stresses.