CHYS 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Parenting Styles, Parental Leave, Identity Formation
29 Jan 2018
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Forming attachments: families and caregiving lecture notes: critical question. In second year (around 18 months) self-conscious emotions emerge: Indiscriminate attachments (6 weeks 6/7 months: asocial phase (0 to 6 weeks, specific (7-9 months, multiple (by 18 months, theories of attachment. The harlow reading gives you a glimpse in the research process. He found different ways to explore attachment and what contributes to it. Consider how the idea of the surrogate mother occurred to harlow and what occurred in the lab: theories of attachment. What behaviours are adaptive: those that elicit care and attention, smiling, reflexes like rooting, sucking, grasping, babbling. Increase likelihood that infant will be cared for and eventually grow up to reproduce: attachment-related fears. Stranger anxiety: negative reaction of infant/toddler to unfamiliar person, emerges once first attachment formed, peaks at 8- 10 months. Separation anxiety: discomfort when separated from object of attachment (e. g. , mother, peaks at 14-18 months, attachment-related fears.
