PSYC 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Harry Harlow, Attachment In Adults, Prefrontal Cortex
22 Sep 2016
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How people react emotionally and behaviorally to internal and external events. Differences in temperament may make it more difficult for their parents of some infants to maintain responsiveness. Easy- happy, predictable hunger and sleep patterns, parents can live their own life, happy, Difficult- fussy, unpredictable hunger, weird sleep patterns, parents are frustrated. Slow to warm up- approach the new warily, but come to enjoy it, Imprinting: rapid and innate learning of the characterizes of a caregiver very soon after birth. Attachment: a deep, affectionate, close, and enduring emotional bond and relationship with a primary caregiver (forms in 3-4 months) Orphans with bad childhoods grew up to be more depressed. Babies were seem born ready to form relationships (nature) Harry harlow monkeys: attachment is based on feeding and/or physical contact, more of comfort than necessity. Secure base: primary caregiver is an anchor to facilitate exploration, prerequisite for exploration. Secure attachment- infant/child has high quality, dependable relationship with his/her attachment figure.
