Get to Know the Theorists!
This Theorist believed that infants become attached to the person that provides oral satisfaction-the mother
Who is Sigmund Freud?
This parenting style is characterized by high responsiveness and high demands, often leading to children who are happy, capable, and successful.
What is Authoritative Parenting?
The first basic emotion infants display, often within hours of birth.
What is Crying?
A deep and enduring emotional bond between two people in which each seeks closeness and feels more secure when in the presence of the attachment figure.
What is Attachment?
Evaluates the intensity of primary emotions to gain understanding between basic emotions and associated constructs of facial expression.
What is Differential Emotions Theory?
This theorist coined the term "imprinting"
Who is Konrad Lorenz?
This parenting style is characterized by providing little to no guidance/attention to the infant’s needs.
What is Neglectful Parenting?
At around 6-8 weeks, infants begin to show this positive emotion, which is often directed at people.
The response to the arrival of a stranger.
What is Stranger Anxiety?
Effectively managing arousal to adapt to and reach a goal
This theorist believes that a sense of trust requires a feeling of physical comfort and a minimal amount of fear and apprehension about the future.
Who is Erik Erikson?
This type of parenting style is characterized by high demands but low responsiveness, often resulting in children who are obedient but less happy.
What is Authoritarian Parenting?
By 4-6 months, infants start to show this emotion in response to unfamiliar people or objects.
What is Fear?
This type of attachment is characterized by anxiety and uncertainty, with infants often clinging to the caregiver and displaying distress when separated.
What is Anxious-Ambivalent Attachment?
The scientific and objective study of animal behavior, usually with a focus on behavior under natural conditions, and viewing behavior as an evolutionarily adaptive trait.
What is Ethology?
These theorists experimented with 60 babies at monthly intervals
Who is Rudolph Schaffer and Peggy Emerson?
This parenting style is marked by low demands and high responsiveness, which can lead to children who struggle with self-discipline and authority
What is Permissive Parenting?
The type of attachment, characterized by distress when the caregiver leaves and comfort when they return.
What is Secure Attachment?
The theoretical perspective of this attachment theory believes that at this stage babies think “I love you because you feed me”
What is Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory?
“Reading” emotional cues in order to help determine how to act in a particular situation.
What is Social Referencing?
This theorist proposed that attachment can be understood within an evolutionary context in that the caregiver provides safety and security for the infant.
Who is John Bowlby?
Studies have shown that this style, which combines low responsiveness and low demands, is often connected with the worst outcomes for infants/children
What is Uninvolved Parenting?
At about 18-24 months, toddlers begin to exhibit these emotions, which indicate self-awareness and include pride, shame, and guilt.
What are Self-Conscious Emotions?
In this type of attachment, infants show a lack of clear attachment behavior, showing confusion in the presence of the caregiver.
What is Disorganized Attachment?
Where an infant imitates the actions of another person, such as their facial expressions and body movements, moving their body in sync with the rhythm of their caregiver.
What is Interactional Synchrony?