PSYC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Synaptic Pruning, Parenting Styles, Frontal Lobe

• School: Binghamton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 111
• Professor: Lanora Duell

Document Summary

Attachment bond is a survival impulse that keeps infants close to their caregivers. Infants form attachments not simply because parents gratify biological needs but, more importantly, because they are comfortable, familiar, and responsive. At about 8 months, soon after object permanence develops, children separated from their caregivers display stranger anxiety: another key to attachment in familiarity. Critical period: optimal period early in the life of an organism when exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces normal development. Imprinting: process by which certain animals form strong attachments during daily life o. Strange situation experiments show that some children are securely attached and others are insecurely attached. Infants" differing attachment styles reflect both their individual temperament and the responsiveness of their parents and child care providers. Early attachment has impact on later adult relationships and comfort with affection and intimacy: deprivation of attachment.