PSYC 7 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: 18 Months, Psych
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Learn what to expect from the caretaker (contingency; patterns) Much more eager to experience the world beyond the caregiver (realize a separate entity and can develop other relationship) Child and mother first occupy an unfamiliar room filled with toys. Newborns: pleasure and distress (reflex response to an internal state) Separation anxiety begins around 8 months, intensifies until about 15 months. Adaptive in signaling toxins (e. g. , feces) or potential illness (e. g. , vomit) Stranger wariness (occurs once children start to locomote) Adaptive as a natural restraint against wandering away from familiar others. Waves off once child can recognize friendly faces. Must understand self in relation to social context. Self understanding develops around 15 to 18 months (complex emotions emerge at 18 to 24 months) Must be able to distinguish different emotional expressions. Secure attachment (60%-65%): baby may or may not cry upon separation; wants to be with mom upon her return and stops crying (leads to successful/confident relationships)
