PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Mary Ainsworth, Social Cue, Security Studies
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Majority of social cues (in a young child"s life) Parenting style and early interactions formative effect on how child ends up. Species allows babies to develop due to an assumption. Assumption that caring adults will nurture child in social manner. Baby begins to smile after approx. five weeks. Before five weeks, there is no give and. Notion that mothers would bail on child. Evolutionary story when females would often bail. Children would often die and genes would not continue. Evolved from generations from parents that provided caring. Maternal instincts, especially females (desire to protect, put up with no sleep to get child through first year and months of life) Partial to developing relationship between mother and child. Social side for providing security and warmth. Babies do not cry for no reason at first. Mothers need to learn to not go to baby every single time. Results of studies the cuddling effect is powerful.
