Foundations of Psychosocial
Development
Development
the relatively consistent blend of emotions, temperament, thought, and behavior that makes each person unique
What is personality?
Argued that at each stage in the life span, we are faced with a challenge and a complementary risk.
Who is Erikson?
Forms of maltreatment
what are physical abuse, neglect, sexual abuse, and emotional maltreatment?
Toddlers explore their environment, using the people they are most attached to as a secure base.
What is 12-18 months?
A classic, laboratory-based technique designed to assess attachment patterns between an infant and an adult.
What is the "Strange Situation"?
Highest rates of victimization and of death from maltreatment
What is age 3 and younger?
The earliest and most powerful way infants can communicate their needs.
What is crying?
Babies established a characteristic style of attachment
What is one year old?
A form of maltreatment is found mainly in children under 2 years old, most often in infants.
What is shaken baby syndrome?
Realization that one’s existence and functioning are separate from those of other people and things.
What is self-awareness?
Two types of "anxiety"
What is "Stranger and Separation" anxiety?
Failure to meet a dependent’s basic needs.
What is neglect?
Three Temperamental Patterns (according to the New York Longitudinal Study)
What are "easy," "difficult," and "slow-to-warm-up" children?
Three main patterns of attachment
What are secure, avoidant, and ambivalent attachment?
Physically or psychologically harmful sexual activity or any sexual activity involving a child and an older person
What is "sexual abuse"?