PSY 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mary Ainsworth, Mineralocorticoid Receptor, John Bowlby

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 103
• Professor: Richard Gerrig

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Social development: social development: how individuals" social interactions and expectations change across the life span. Note: our focus will largely shift to individual differences: nature vs. nurture, kagan and colleagues: temperament. Some children are born shy or inhibited: these babies are consistently cautious and emotionally reserved when they confront unfamiliar persons or contexts. Some children are born bold uninhibited: these babies are consistently sociable, affectively spontaneous, and minimally fearful in the same unfamiliar situations. : children who are judged to be inhibited or uninhibited at 4 months behave differently in later life. For example, at age 4, the uninhibited children were more social with unfamiliar children: john bowlby: attachment. An emotional relationship between a child and his/her regular caretaker. Provides a template for later social interactions: mary ainsworth: the strange situation test. * the mother and child enter room filled with toys.