PSY 302 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Mental Model, Ethology, Joint Attention
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* attachments: close, enduring emotional bonds to primary caregivers. * pre-attachment (birth-6 weeks), infants produces innate signals (crying) that summons caregivers who comfort them. * attachment-in-the-making (6 weeks-6 or 8 months), infants prefer familiar people and smile/laugh/babble more in the presence of primary caregiver and are more easily soothed by them, formation of expectations about how caregivers respond to their needs. * clear-cut attachment (6 to 8 months-1. 5 years), infants seek contact with regular caregiver, happily greet mother, separation anxiety with departure; mother is now a secure base. * secure attachment: distressed when mother leaves room and uses her as secure base when she is present, happy when she returns, if upset mother can comfort and calm, 62-68% of infants. * insecure/ambivalent or resistant attachment: clingy at the beginning, intense crying with departure, reestablish contact with mother but then rebuff efforts of offering comfort. * insecure/avoidant attachment: avoid mother, ignore when in room and fail to greet with return, 15%
