PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Thermostat
29 Sep 2016
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When a significant person is near sensitive and responsive the child will feel secure loved and self confident. If a significant person is not sufficiently near sensitive and responsive a ch. It"s a set point for a young child relationship thermostat if the significant person is too far away the child reacts in order to get the mother closer. Fear of abandonment is a fundamental human fear. Main point early childhood experiences affects how children will relate to people in the future. But when the child needed to be comforted the mothers were less responsive and less sensitive to the child ambivalent child inconsistent mother avoidant child the child often gets rejected by the mothers. Im capable of getting the love i need. Others are willing and able to love me. I can count on you to be there for me.
