PSYC 1030H Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Westron, Mary Ainsworth
10 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Human Development: Childhood
What is Development
●Sequence of age-related changes that occur as a person progresses from conception to
death
Cognitive Development
●Factors like thought patterns, problem solving skills, etc.
Social Development
●Emotional behaviour, family dynamics, peer relationships etc
Common speech errors at 5-6 years old
●Over extension
○Tendency to extend meaning of word beyond actual usage
●Under extension
○Limiting the meaning of a word more than is appropriate
Mary Ainsworth
●Developed the strange situation procedure to measure attachment in infants
●Goal was to see how the baby acts
●This research has identified 4 child-parents attachment styles
Secure Attachment
●About 67% of babies have this type
●Often cry on separation and take no comfort from the stranger
●When the mother returns they seek contact with her
Avoidant Attachment
●About 20% show this type
●They don’t cry when mother leaves and react to the stranger like their mother
●When mother returns they typically avoid her
Resistant Attachment
●10% show this type
●Before separation, these infant seek contact with their mother
●After she returns, they seem angry and push her away
Document Summary
Sequence of age-related changes that occur as a person progresses from conception to death. Factors like thought patterns, problem solving skills, etc. Emotional behaviour, family dynamics, peer relationships etc. Tendency to extend meaning of word beyond actual usage. Limiting the meaning of a word more than is appropriate. Developed the strange situation procedure to measure attachment in infants. Goal was to see how the baby acts. This research has identified 4 child-parents attachment styles. About 67% of babies have this type. Often cry on separation and take no comfort from the stranger. When the mother returns they seek contact with her. They don"t cry when mother leaves and react to the stranger like their mother. When mother returns they typically avoid her. Before separation, these infant seek contact with their mother. After she returns, they seem angry and push her away. When reunited with mom they make contradictory responses.
