PSY 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter Ch 5 : Lev Vygotsky, Motor Coordination, Identity Crisis
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Wwii learned to save money and sacrifice the needs for the country after war they are still thrifty and cautious. Concrete operations stage (~7-11 years old: children preform mental operations on concrete objects but will still have trouble with abstract or hypothetical ideas, can understand the conservation of physical properties, 4. Important aspect of human life is attachment a feeling of closeness toward another person- begins in infancy: strange situation was pioneered by mary ainsworth: a mother and her infant come into a room with many toys. A few minutes later, both the mother and the stranger leave. Then the stranger returns and then the mother returns: securely attached: infant uses mother as a base of exploration. Shows distress when the mother leaves and only cries a little mother returns and infant is happy and cuddles for a while and the returns to toys: anxious/resistant: (aka ambivalent) responses towards mother fluctuate between happy and angry.