PSY 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Life Satisfaction, Midlife Crisis, Social Network
24 Dec 2017
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Social smiles - baby smiles back to someone smiling at them. 4 mo - prefers family, receptive to strangers. 8 mo - stranger anxiety - fear of strangers that infants commonly display. Evolutionary psychology: baby learns to crawl because of stranger anxiety. Shown in young children by their seeking closeness to caregiver and displaying distress on separation. Monkeys preferred contact w/ cloth mother, even while feeding from wire mother. Monkeys raised by artificial mothers were terror-stricken when placed in strange situations w/o their surrogate mothers. Separated from real mothers and put into cages where they interacted with one or both of: Early physically nurturing environment is crucial to child development. Determine how children are attached to their primary caregiver. Secure base - can return to after exploring. 4 - depending on age and lvl of stranger anxiety, the baby will have diff reaction. 5 - reunion behaviour; happy or angry at caregiver. Leave to play but return periodically for contact.
