Psychology 2410A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sociocultural Evolution, Explicit Memory, Procedural Memory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2410A/B
• Professor: Lynne Zarbatany

Document Summary

Infants form bonds to those who take care of them: bonds develop out of ability to pick out &partially understand social beings, show marked separation distress after forming bonds with an individual. &how infants form bonds to pos"t reinforced stimuli: neglected possible roles of infants" mental states &beliefs. &caregivers: considers analogous systems at work in many other species, examines similarities &differences in the ways that offspring in other species attach to their caregivers. The underpinnings of attachment: attachment behaviours, ensure that infants &parents become linked together through strong affectional bonds. Include signaling behaviours &actions: attachment behaviours are embedded in loops of interactions between caregivers &infants, serve to bring them into &maintain close proximity, cognitive systems that undergrid ability to form attachments. Important ability is a sensitivity &preference for contingent responding. Social referencing: parents &children in different cultures have different response routines, use of others" expressions &behaviours to make inferences about how to behave in a situation.