PSYC 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Psych, John Bowlby, Mary Ainsworth
Document Summary
Personality development: personality -- the enduring personal characteristics of individuals, erikson . Importance of sensitive, responsive, and consistent care: development of self-recognition. 5-8 months: does not recognize self in the mirror. 15-18 months: recognizes self in mirror: sense of self: lipstick on nose test (rouge test) Desire to do things on their own (autonomy); important to let them. If they don"t learn to do things on their own, develop shame and doubt. Not good to be too controlling/over-protective as parents. Attachment: definition: a close emotional bond between two people, important in early childhood, most critical in first year or two, but still develops after that, affects child later in life if not developed thoroughly, early behavioral theory: Thought infants were attached to their mothers because the mothers fed them: videos: classic harlow monkey experiments. When scared, monkey became attached to mother with cloth, not the mother with food, because it was contact comfort: bowlby -- internal working model of attachment.
