PSYC 109W Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Social Change, Child Development, Erik Erikson
10 Dec 2012
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Child development: prenatal, maturation (physical, cognitive development, social development (including personality) Stranger anxiety: fear of strangers that infants commonly display, beginning by about 8 months of age. Attachment: an emotional tie with another person, shown in young children by their seeking closeness to the caregiver and displaying distress on separation. Harlow"s surrogate mother experiments: monkeys preferred contact with the comfortable cloth, even while feeding from the nourishing wire mother. Monkeys raised by artificial mothers were terror-stricken when placed in strange situations without their surrogate mothers. Kagan (1976: groups of infants left by their mothers in a unfamiliar room. A sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy. Said to be formed during infancy by appropriate experiences with responsive caregivers. A sense of one"s identity and personal worth. Don"t interrupt. why? because i said so. Submit to children"s desires, make few demands, use little punishment. Set rules, but explain reasons and encourage open discussion.
