HDF 100 Chapter 6: Chapter 6 HDF 100 Fall 2015
16 Feb 2017
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Infancy: social and emotional development: chapter six, attachment: bonds that endure, attachment enduring _________emotional bond______________ between one person and another essential to the survival of an infant (ainsworth, 1989); (bowlby, 1988, patterns of attachment. Infants were exposed to a series of separations and reunions with a caregiver (usually the mother) and a stranger. Secure infants: mildly protest mothers departure, seek interaction when reunited, and are readily comforted by mother. Secure infants and toddlers are happier and more cooperative with caregivers. Secure infants at 5 years old get along better with peers. avoidant attachment . Infants least distressed (cid:271)y (cid:373)other"s departure; play (cid:449)ithout fuss (cid:449)he(cid:374) alo(cid:374)e a(cid:374)d ig(cid:374)ore mothers when they return: patterns of attachment continued, ambivalent/resistant attachment . These infants are most emotional; show severe signs of distress when mothers leave: are ambivalent upon their return; alternate clinging to mother with pushing her away.
