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Human Development: Updated, 7/e

James Vander Zanden, Ohio State University
Thomas Crandell, Broome Community College
Corinne Crandell, Broome Community College

Infancy: Emotional and Social Development

Learning Objectives

After completing Chapter 6, you should be able to:

1

Cite different views of personality development associated with:

Freud:

Erikson:

Skinner:

Bronfenbrenner:

2

Define the term attachment and describe the three stages of attachment.

attachment:

3

Describe the major differences between learning theory and ethological views of the attachment process.

4

Summarize the findings from Ainsworth's research procedure called the strange situation and describe the following types:

securely attached infants:

avoidant infants:

resistant infants:

disorganized/disoriented infants:

5

Briefly summarize what is known about the development of stranger anxiety in children, and state when it seems to appear.

6

Discuss the three functions that are served by emotional reactions.

7

Briefly list children's developing emotions as they appear in an orderly fashion in the course of maturation using Izard's differential emotions theory and Campos's theory about emotional development.

8

Define emotional intelligence.

9

List and briefly describe the six stages in children's emotional development according to the Greenspans.

10

Define temperament and discuss Alexander Thomas' views on individual temperaments:

difficult:

slow to warm up:

easy:

11

Explain Alexander Thomas' "goodness of fit" theory.

12

Explain the roles of father and mother in caregiving.

13

Discuss different perspectives on the importance of early childcare practices.

14

Describe multiple mothering, and examine its effects on young children.

15

Explain which children are more likely to become the victims of maltreatment and abuse.

16

List signs adults should look for when suspecting child abuse or neglect, or some symptoms displayed by children who are maltreated.

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