PSYC1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Rhesus Macaque, Mary Ainsworth, Diana Baumrind
23 Aug 2018
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11:46 am: individual style and frequency of expressing needs and emotions. Cultural differences and influences: reasonable stability over childhood and into adulthood - early signs of "personality" Classifying infant temperament - thomas and chess 1977: "easy" Regular routines for eating, sleeping etc; mild emotional reactions, easily soothed; readily adaptable to new people and situations: "difficult" Does not easily settle into biological routines; intense emotional reactions, not easily soothed; less adaptable: "slow to warm up" Wary in new situations, requires time and support to settle and adapt. Attachment: ""enduring and selective emotional bond between two individuals, characterised by mutual affection and desire to maintain proximity"" (bowlby, 2012) Emphasised that infants become attached to the person or object that provides oral satisfaction: erikson: First year of life represents the stage of trust vs mistrust - sensitive care and comfort are key to establishing basic trust in infants: bowlby: Infants and parents are biologically predisposed to form attachments.
