Unit 4: Attachment and Language Development

How did Harlow's research change the way we interact with children?

• We pick up and soothe our children when they cry.
• We do not pick up children when they cry.

Choose which type of attachment is developed when a child is emotionally and physically independent from the caregiver and they do not seek out the caregiver when distressed:

• Secure
• Avoidant
• Resistant

An infant that is calmed quickly and easily on reunion is displaying signs of which type of attachment?

• Insecure-avoidant
• Insecure-disorganised
• Insecure-resistant
• Secure

An infant that seems disinterested in the mother on reunion is displaying signs of which type of attachment?

• Insecure-avoidant
• Insecure-disorganised
• Insecure-resistant
• Secure

An infant that alternates between wanting the mother and then pushes her away on reunion is displaying signs of which type of attachment?

• Insecure-avoidant
• Insecure-disorganised
• Insecure-resistant
• Secure

Harlow's monkey research proved that

• touch is the most important part of bonding 
• food is the most important part of bonding
• monkeys don't need mothers as much as humans do 
• motherless monkeys are just as intelligent as normal monkeys

According to Harry Harlow what made the mother so important?

• the comfort she provided

• the food she provided

• the protection she provided

• the guidance she provided

Which answer choice best completes the following statement?

Blinking your eye is a(n) ________________.

• conditioned response

• unconditioned response

• learned behavior

• reflex

Which term means the set of rules that are used to convey meaning of spoken and written words?

• semantics

• grammar

• morpheme

• lexicon

True or False: Babies are born with the ability to learn language, no matter what language they are exposed to.

• True

• False