PSYCH 130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10.8: Attention Seeking, Amygdala
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Usually stable and secure for middle ses babies in favorable life conditions. Infants moving from insecurity to security tend to have well adjusted mothers with positive family and friendship ties. Parents before psychologically ready but grew into role with social support. Low ses: attachment usually moves away from secure or changes from one insecure to another insecure attachment. Insecure babies less stable when relationship with caregiver is fragile and uncertain. Disorganized/disoriented attachment is as stable as secure attachment. Extremely negative caregiver disrupts emotional self regulation that attachment disorganization persists. German parents value independence and encourage non-clinginess more avoidant attachment. Japanese mothers spend more time in close physical contact strange situation causes more stress more resistant attachment pattern. View attention seeking as normal indicator of efforts to satisfy dependency and security needs. Factors that affect attachment security: early availability of consistent caregiver. Institutionalized babies did not have needs met depression deepened emotional problems due to lack of bond with caregiver.
