Attachment Lesson 1 - Introduction to Attachment

Select all that apply: Which of the following are associated with a good attachment?

• Child becoming distressed when attachment figure leaves

• Child happy in the company of any other adult even if attachment figure isn't present.

• Child wanting to be close to their attachment figure

• Child not wanting to explore and staying close to their attachment figure all of the time

• Child explores their environment, but returns to their attachment figure regularly

Human babies are born at a relatively early stage of development

• Altruistic

• Precocial

• Presocial

• Atricial

Which of the following best describes reciprocity?

• A walk

• A chat

• A dance

• A fight

During interaction, the mother's and infant's signals...

Which of the following activities is more common in fathers than mothers?

• Smiling

• Playing

• Imitating

• Holding

What is being shown in this picture?

• a. Reciprocity

• b. Secure base behaviour

• c. Interactional Synchrony

• d. Proximity

What is an advantage of using controlled observations to investigate caregiver-infant interactions?

• There is good validity because the procedures are well controlled with interactions being filmed from multiple angles

• They are cost effective in terms of time and money

• They enable us to gain an insight into why the interactions occur

• Babies don't know or care if they are being observed so their behaviour doesn't change

Which of these is a strength of research into early interaction?

• a. It is a socially sensitive topic

• b. It is easy to interpret infant behaviour

• c. Controlled observations capture fine detail

• d. Observations tell us the function of behaviour.

Isabella et al. (1989) found that...

• a. Lower levels of interactional synchrony were associated with a better quality attachment

• b. Higher levels of reciprocity were associated with a better quality attachment

• c. Lower levels of reciprocity were associated with a better quality attachment.

• d. Higher levels of interactional synchrony were associated with a better quality attachment

Grossman (2002) carried out a looking at both parents' behaviour and its relationship to the quality of the children's attachment into their teens. Quality infant attachment with mothers, but not fathers was related to children's attachments in adolescence.