PSY311H5 Lecture 5: Lecture 5
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Unfamiliar individuals and relationships with children at critical periods (at roughly 9. Current idea is maybe a little bit too specific. Sensitive hypothesis: security of attachment is determine by the degree to which mother was sensitive and response in handling infant during early years. They asses social competence at young ages, and ten when they were older, and they found that they were more socially competent if they had secure attachments when they were young. Secure attahcmnet children tend to spend more times with peers and more likely to perform friendships. These friendships were more catacterized by openness, and a greater degree of trust. Greater complexity of activities: friendships that are stronger are about the relationships and less about what you and the friend do together. More able to form a group ( you know what to do in a group activity) They do they right things that need to be done across the ages.
