Psychology 2320A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mental Model, Family Therapy, Monoamine Oxidase A

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2320A/B
• Professor: Elizabeth Hayden

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Early caregiving; attachment: attachment = emotional bond children form with parents or other important individuals. Attachment theory: when something goes wrong in relationship child becomes vulnerable to developed of mental health problems, through interaction develop internal working model of what future relationships should look like. Healthy early relationship with caregiver, you will later develop healthy relationships: focuses on early care, but you cant really say its causation. Family systems theory: focuses in children"s behaviour in relationship to other family members. Child temperament/emotional traits: thomas and chess, kagan, rothbar. Rothbar: strongly associated with temperament: positive and negative emotionality; effortful. Emotionality = refers to individual differences in tendency to experience fear, sadness, stress reactive. Cant detect negative emotionality very young in age. There are biological differences in temperament traits: early temperament can put you at risk for development of later problems. Take toy put it in box, put lock on box, is transparent.