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Psych 101 Supplemental Instruction
Social Development and Developmental Tasks: 11/19/15
Indicate the parenting styles that belongs in each grid and describe the
characteristics of each style:
WARMTH
LOW
HIGH
CONTROL
LOW
HIGH
Neglectful
Indulgent
Authoritarian
Authoritative
Harlow’s Classic monkey study was used to test the operant conditioning
hypothesis, explain how he proved this theory to be incorrect: Was wrong because
the baby monkey went to the “mother” that provided comfort instead of food.
(Love is based on reinforcement of feeding).
What did the strange room condition reinforce about Harlow’s theory?
They would attach themselves to the mother for social support in strange
situations.
What are the 3 different types of attachment and how do Ainsworth ‘s Ideas about
attachment relate to stranger anxiety?
-Caregiver provides a “secure base” from which the infant can explore the
world and may shape individual’s personality.
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Psych 101 Supplemental Instruction
Match the following terms to their definition or characteristic that could be
observed:
C Avoidant Attachment
A. Development of strong personal
identities and learning of committed
relationships
F Infancy
B. Parent centered parenting, results in
low self-esteem
H Authoritative Parenting
C. Lack of shown emotion during
separation and reunion
I Middle Childhood
D. Learning of emotional self-control,
stereotypes and gender roles
J Toddlerhood
E. Distressed when separated, Calm and
happy when reunited
B Authoritarian Parenting
F. Attachment to caregivers
A Adolescence
G. Can’t get enough love, upset at both
separation and reunion
D Early Childhood
H. Children are high achievers and
considerate of others as a result of this
type of parenting
G Resistant Attachment
I. The shift from parents to peers &
moral development
E Secure Attachment
J. Learning of language, exploration and
mastery
Explain the importance of the father’s engagement in parent-child relationship; does
the child’s attachment only depend on one caregiver?