HD 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Harry Harlow, Ethology, Joint Attention
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Gene-environment interactions ( goodness of fit": important in considering development of social personality. The other was a bottle from which they could feed: result: monkeys would spend a lot more time w/ the cloth than the food, bowlby, inspired by evolutionary theory and ethology. Secure base from which young offspring explore: phases of attachment (another stage theory) Expectations that they have about how trustworthy and how caring people are in general. Secure: mom leaves, baby is distressed, mom returns, baby can be soothed. Insecure avoidant: don"t seem interested in mother/distressed when she leaves, are able to be comforted by and comfortable w/ a stranger. Test events: test how long infants look at each event: responsive caregiver (returns to infant circle, unresponsive caregiver (keeps climbing up hill, results. Insecure babies: looked longest at responsive caregiver: this study has not been replicated, are infant attachment styles (as measured by strange situation) culturally universal, no--attachment bonds vary across cultures because caregiving styles vary.