PSY 322 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Attachment In Adults, Ferber Method, Attachment Parenting
8 Mar 2016
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Young mothers taught to let go of their children in america. Based upon psychoanalytic theory need to separate. If mother and child do not separate pathological relationship. Goal of childrearing is to have a child that is autonomous. Japanese mothers taught oneness completely overlapping selves. Parenting influence: macro system impact on parenting practices. These practices impact the developing child mediating between. Children born to parents over 30 tend to have higher iq (in us) By age 35, a pregnancy is consdered high risk. Mother infant body contact & face to face interactions. Individualistic cultures display more face to face interaction = leads to agency. In isreali and japanese cultures, children are rarely eft alone. Divorce, death or serious illness in the family, ses, child abuse. Looked at violent vs. non violent crime. Believed there would be a different in attachment style and found this. Violent: dismissive attachment styles, lower reflexive functioning. Unable to reflect on what they were doing.
