Unit 6 Standard 6.2 Social Development in Childhood

The emotional connection formed by wordless communication between an infant and their parent or primary caretaker is known as

• imprinting

• critical period

• attachment bond

• contact comfort

Which psychologist reported that infant attachment to another goes beyond the satisfaction of the need for nourishment?

• Albert Bandura

• Konrad Lorenz

• Jean Piaget

• Harry Harlow

Match the following attachment types with the behavior of the toddler when the caregiver returns after leaving.

• mixed feeling and resentful of caregiver

• Anxious-ambivalent (Insecure)

• Makes effort to be touched by caregiver

• Secure

• Indifferent to caregiver return

• Avoidant (Insecure) 

When goslings attached to Konrad Lorenz and followed him around like he was their mother because he was the first species they knew, this specific bonding was called--

• secure attachment

• influence

• imprinting

• ambivalent attachment

This psychologist did ground breaking research on attachment by using rhesus monkeys:

• Harry Harlow

• Mary Ainsworth

• Konrad Lorenz

• Albert Bandura

Which psychologist was known for the "strange situation" experiments to investigate attachment between infants and mothers?

• Albert Bandura

• Harry Harlow

• Konrad Lorenz

• Mary Ainsworth

This experiment demonstrated that children are able to learn social behavior such as aggression through the process of observation learning, through watching the behavior of another person.

• Strange Situation

• Bobo Doll

• Artificial Mothers

• The Monster Study

Experiment:

1. observe mothers and infants at home for 6 months
2. Later (about 1 years) old, she observed them in a lab setting

The experiment described was called:

• strange situation experiment

• critical period experiment

• artificial mothers experiment

• Bobo doll experiment

In Harry Harlow's "Artificial Mothers" experiments, the rhesus monkeys preferred:

• being alone to being with the fake "mothers"

• being with other monkeys the same age than the "mothers"

• the "mother" who had nourishment

• the "mother" who provided contact comfort

Organize these attachment patterns into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Secure

,

(b) Anxious-ambivalent (Insecure)

,

(c) Avoidant (Insecure)

• indifferent when caregiver returns

• indifferent when caregiver leaves

• wants to be touched by caregiver on return

• resentful when caregiver returns

• VERY distressed when caregiver leaves

• upset; not consoled by stranger