PSYC 391 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hypotonia, Joint Attention, Etiology

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 391
• Professor: Grace Fullerton

Document Summary

The formation of an attachment relationship: creates a solid foundation for all future social relationships. Still face paradigm: sensitivity to emotions of mother. Strange situation to asses quality of child attachment to caregiver. Attachment styles: secure insecure, avoidant, ambivalent/resistant. The reciprocal role of cognitive development in attachment: joint attention. 0-9 months: parent child, child object triadic interactions. 9-12 months: coordinated parent child object. Pointing in triadic interactions imperative point: when they need something out of reach. Declarative point interest in an object or person. Social referencing taking cues from parent for emotional reactions in potentially ambiguous or fearful situations. Caregiver/parent characteristics: sensitivity to cues, alleviation of distress, providing growth-fostering situations. Infant/child characteristics: clarity of cues, responsiveness to caregiver/parent. The effects of the diagnostic process on parents. Determine necessary and sufficient behaviours for adaptive functioning. Behavioural synchrony, turn taking and reciprocity = healthy attachment. May lead to a lack of synchrony or compatibility in the interaction.