PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Measurement Problem, High Fidelity, Random Assignment
Attachment styles (cont.)
o insecure/ avoidant
▪ Little stress at separation
▪ Not friendly to parent
▪ Shown greatly in babies that are in daycare ( but can be
part of measurement problem
• Baby comfortable with parents coming and going
o disorganized/ disoriented
▪ Mixture of avoidance/resistance
• Baby freezes when parent enters
• Commons in parents with mental illness/abusive
• Baby can’t predict/rely on the parent
• Secure attachment at 12-18 mts predicts positive outcomes
o More positive emotions
o Less anxiety
o Better Peer relations in childhood
• Absence of any attachment: most problematic
• Determinants of security
o Temperament of child
o Parent behavior: contingent responsiveness
▪ Baby does something, caregiver does something
▪ Physical contact seems to help
• Biological hormones at play
• Subtle cues taken into account
• Gave women from low income families a baby
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o Still Face
▪ Babies are extremely responsive to emotions/social
interactions
▪ Working to coordinate the response between mom and
baby
▪ Still face
▪ Baby tries to get mom;s attention
o Special considerations
▪ No random assignment
▪ Measurement issues
• Strange situations:
• Babies comfortableness with strangers
• Weirdness of situation
• Some babies only exposed to parent
