APSY1030 Study Guide - Final Guide: Egocentrism

• School: Boston College
• Department: Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology
• Course: APSY1030
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Attachment an emotional bond with a specific person that is enduring across space and time: link between early relationship with parent and developmental outcome, affects self worth and non parental relationships, parents with secure adult attachments tend to have securely attached children, parental sensitivity contributes to the security of an infant"s attachment, causal relationship between parental sensitivity and security of attachment. Ainsworth"s research: the strange situation, lab procedure designed by ainsworth to asses infants" attachment to primary caregiver, using this he identified three attachment categories, secure attachment figure. Securely attached infants do better than insecurely attached infants and children later on in life in: peer relationships, romantic relationships, emotional health, grades, school involvement. Social comparison concrete, observable characteristics: children being to recognize themselves between 1. 5 and 2. 5 years of age, middle to late elementary school children"s self concept become integrated and more broadly encompassing, other indicators of self awareness , embarrassment and shame, self assertive behavior, use of language.