ECED 2108 Chapter 5: Chapter 5

• School: Temple University
• Department: Early Childhood Education
• Course: ECED 2108
• Professor: Susanne Stamps

Document Summary

While-heartedness- a willingness to throw yourself into the endeavor and to believe you can learn something new. Responsibility- a form of integrity, a willingness to consider the consequences pf your actions. Children who are securely attached receive consistently warm, sensitive, and responsive care from a primary caregiver who enjoys their company. Children who are insecurely attached experience two different kinds of care: resistant/ ambivalent or avoidant. The primary caregiver of a child who has a resistant attachment responds to his signals unpredictably. The early experience of a child who is avoidantly attached creates yet another set of internal working models. His primary caregiver is rejecting, angry, irritable and hostile. The primary caregiver of a child with disorganized/ disoriented attachment usually has serious problems of her own- she may be mentally ill, severely depressed, addicted to drugs or alcohol. Sensitivity and responsiveness: bei(cid:374)g a(cid:449)are of the (cid:272)hild"s sig(cid:374)als. Interpreting them accurately: responding to them promptly and appropriately.