Exam 7: The First Two Years: Psychosocial Development

Studies show that there are no significant differences between mother-child play and father-child play with infants under 12 months of age.

Tang is a 3-month-old infant. Which behavior is he likely to have just recently begun displaying?

Which boy is likely to be strongly affected by his mother's style of responsiveness?

In the Strange Situation, a sign of insecure attachment might be _____.

Jerome clings to his mother and refuses to leave her lap. Jerome is exhibiting _____ attachment behavior.

It has been shown that babies are usually unaffected by and are immune to parental stress.

Define proximal parenting and distal parenting practices. What are the outcomes of each type? What motivates parents to engage in one type over the other?

Fearful babies invariably grow into fearful adults, as destined by their genes.

The temperamental traits that are most likely to change and resolve themselves by the age of 4 are inhibition and _____.

Huan is 20 months old, and his mother is in a hurry. She wants to put his shoes on for him, but Huan rejects that by squirming and declaring, "No! Me!" It takes him five minutes, and his shoes end up on the wrong feet, but he proudly skips out to the car when he's done. Huan is in Erikson's _____ stage.

Compared to mothers, fathers are more likely to make their infants _____.

Baby Carrie's father is holding her. She is smiling at him one minute and then, unexpectedly, she slaps his face. Since this is typical behavior for her, she may have which type of attachment?

Parents in North America are more likely to encourage their children to feel humility and shame than parents in Asia.

Baby Khalil cries uncontrollably for hours on end. He is displaying ______.

Research on the roles of fathers and mothers in infant care reveals that they cooperate and complement each other in a well-functioning family; however, mothers tend to be the usual _____.

The social smile in response to another person begins to appear at about 6 weeks of age.

Negatively engaged infants _____ after the still-face episode ended.

Developmentalists agree that infants' emotional development is directly tied to _____.

The connection between one person and another, measured by how they respond to each other, is called _____.

The two choices of infant care described in the text are parental care and _____.