PSYC 1000 Chapter 15: Module 15

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Benjamin Giguere

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Create attachment styles in infancy and they stick with you throughout your life. Mary ainsworth said that parenting shapes peoples attachment style. Temperament: refers to a perso(cid:374)"s (cid:272)hara(cid:272)teristi(cid:272) style a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)te(cid:374)sity of e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)al reactivity. Severe, prolonged deprivation or abuse may lead to: Pare(cid:374)ts i(cid:373)pose rules (cid:862)(cid:271)e(cid:272)ause i said so(cid:863) and expect obedience. Pare(cid:374)ts u(cid:271)(cid:373)it to kids" desires, (cid:374)ot enforcing limits or standards for child behaviour. Parents enforce rules, limits, and standards but also explain, discuss, listen, and express respe(cid:272)t for (cid:272)hild"s ideas a(cid:374)d wishes. Puberty is the time of sexual maturation (becoming physically able to reproduce) During puberty increased sex hormones leads to: Height changes are an early sign of puberty. Because girls begin puberty sooner than boys, girls briefly overtake boys in height. Girls generally start puberty before boys some earliest 9, some boys as late as 16. Primary sex characteristics: the body structure that make sexual reproduction possible.