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Social
Emotional
Development
By: Ms. W Hu
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Attachment
Discussion:
1) What is attachment?
2) What kind of things or people are you attached to?
3) Is a young child more likely to form an attachment to the
person who feeds them or the person who provides positive
physical contact and comfort?
4) What happens to attachment when a child is disciplined?
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Thinking of your current and past romantic relationships, identify the
statement that best describes your feelings.
1. I find it relatively easy to get close to others and am comfortable
depending on them and having them depend on me. I don’t often worry
about being abandoned or about someone getting too close.
2. I am somewhat uncomfortable being close. I find it difficult to trust
partners completely or to allow myself to depend on them. I am nervous
when anyone gets close and love partners often want me to be more
intimate than is comfortable for me.
3. I find that others are reluctant to get as close as I would like. I often
worry that my partner doesn’t really love me or won’t stay with me. I
want to merge completely with another person and this desire
sometimes scares people away.
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Attachment
**Attachment is the strong affectional bond with special others that
endures over time**
Well known psychologists in this field of study:
John Bowlby - newborn babies are biologically equipped with
behaviours that are needed to form attachments (ex. Crying, smiling,
crawling)
Konrad Lorenz – theory of imprinting – attachment is made on the first
large moving object seen (ex. Geese)
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Comfort
or Food?
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Conclusion of experiment:
Attachment is not based on solely physical needs
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It is important for infants to make attachments at an early age. Problems
relating to lack of attachment or when raised in impersonal or abusive
surroundings include:
a) Seldom cry or make noises
b) They become rigid when picked up
c) They have few language skills
d) They tend to form shallow anxious relationships
e) They appear withdraw and uninterested in their caretakers
f) They tend to show intellectual, physical and perceptual retardation
g) They have increased susceptibility to infection
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• Mary Ainsworth is a developmental psychologist that is known for
her research on LEVELS OF ATTACHMENT
• Using the experiment “Strange Situation” 3 types of attachment
were discovered
• Securely attached
• Avoidant
• Anxious/Ambivalent
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• Children who are securely attached become visibly upset when their
caregivers leave and are happy when their parents return
• They seek comfort from their parent/caregiver
• In adulthood, they tend to be more satisfied in their relationships as
they can offer and receive support from their partners feeling
independent yet loving towards each other
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Avoidant
• Child treats mother and stranger the same and rarely cry when the
mother leaves
• Tend to have caregivers that are distant
• In adulthood they have a hard time creating long lasting
relationships as they have a tendency to emotionally distant
themselves from their partners “can’t rely on others”
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Ambivalent/Anxious
• Child is upset when mother leaves but when mother returns, will
seek closeness and squirm angrily to get away or is hard to calm
them down
• Tend to have caregivers that give inconsistent affection/attention
• In adulthood, they tend to be desperate to form a fantasy bond
Can become possessive and obsessive which pushes their partner
away; lots of jealousy and doubt
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Attachment
• ATTACHMENT IS IMPORTANT!!!
• Type of attachment you have as a child affects your ability to
maintain and create relationships!!
Questions:
1) Given the importance of attachment, what could our society do to
improve the chances of a secure attachment?
2) Do children raised in foster care or orphanages have the same
ability to form secure attachments?
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• Go on google and type in attachment style test and click the link that
has this url:
• https://www.scienceofpeople.com/attachment-styles/
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Parenting
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• Developmental psychologist Diana Baumrind’s research shows that
different styles of parenting can play a role in children’s behaviour,
development and mental health
• 4 main styles
• Permissive
• Permissive-Indifferent
• Permissive-Indulgent
• Authoritarian
• Authoritative
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Permissive-Indifferent (low warmth, low control)
• set few limits and give little attention or support
• children tend to have poor self-control, poor social skills and are demanding and
disobedient
Permissive – Indulgent (high warmth, low control)
• highly involved, but set few demands or controls
• Children often fail to learn respect for others and tend to be impulsive, immature
and out of control
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• Authoritarian (low warmth, high control)
• rigid and punitive; value unquestioning obedience and mature responsibility.
Parents are often aloof and detached
• children are easily upset, moody, aggressive and generally have poor
communication skills
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Authoritative (High Warmth, High Control)
• Tender, caring and sensitive. Firm limits are set and enforced. Increased
responsibility is encouraged
• Children are often self-reliant, self-controlled and high achieving, content,
goal oriented and friendly
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Discussion
1) Thinking about your own family, what parenting style were you
brought up in?
2) According to Baumrind’s theory, do you have characteristics that
are similar to those mentioned based on the particular parenting
style?
3) Many say that adults tend to use the same parenting style on their
own child that was used on them. Do you agree?
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Control
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Permissive Indifference
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• Child Temperament
• Child’s unique characteristics (nature) may play a greater role than parenting
styles (nurture) in how they turn out
• Child Expectations
• Culture plays a role in what the child wants and expects from a parent. The
actions of parents are perceived differently by children from different
cultures.
• Parent Warmth
• Cross-cultural studies suggest that the most important variable in parenting
styles and child development might be the degree of warmth vs. rejection
parents feel toward their children.
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• Watch the clip and identify the parenting style in each scene
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csVO9NCVutk
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What are characteristics of a good parent? Please answer this
question using examples from the movie “I am Sam” as well as
attachment and parenting style theory to support your answer.
Some questions to consider.
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How would they interact with the child?
Methods of discipline?
Expectations?
How would they help their child meet developmental milestones?
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