PSYC23H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Electroencephalography, Fetus, Mental Model
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Psychobiological roots of early attachment the unique features of early infant attachment reflect certain unique features of early infant sensory and motor integration, learning, communication, and motivation, as well as the regulation of biobehavioral systems by the mother infant interaction. Bowl(cid:271)(cid:455)(cid:859)s (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)ept of atta(cid:272)h(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:449)as a u(cid:374)i(cid:395)ue (cid:373)oti(cid:448)atio(cid:374)al s(cid:455)ste(cid:373) that (cid:449)as g(cid:396)aduall(cid:455) fou(cid:374)d to (cid:271)e incapable of generating testable hypotheses that could explain several puzzling observations. Predispositions can be created prenatally, in the fetus, to respond preferentially to specific maternal scents and sounds, and that these predispositions prepare the way for the next phase in the development of attachment. New- born rats revealed a rapid and powerful learning capacity by which neonates acquire the ability to discriminate, prefer, approach, and maintain proximity to their own mother. Human newborns and young infants interacted with their mothers entirely through reflex and fixed- action-pattern behaviors.
