Exam 9: Psychosocial Theories

Hazan and Shaver suggested that ambivalents use work as a way to escape from their lack of relationships.

At each of Erikson's stages, healthy psychological functioning arises from attaining the "good" quality and eliminating the "bad" quality.

___________refers to the process by which an infant becomes aware of its distinct existence.

Avoidant persons are more likely than ambivalent persons to report accepting their lovers' imperfections.

In many ways, Erikson viewed acquisition of a as a person's major life task.

Briefly explain how successful resolution of the conflict of trust vs. mistrust in the infancy stage helps a child with the next stage of conflict .

Research on attachment has suggested that there are two dimensions to adult attachment: anxiety and avoidance.

According to Bartholomew & Horowitz, people with avoidant attachment can be further divided in to which two subgroups?

Bowlby used the term ___________to refer to an emotional connection with another person.

Mahler used the term separation-individuation to describe the process of an infant recognizing its distinctiveness from its mother.

According to object relations theory, the point of forming bonds with others is to satisfy the id.

Erikson differed from Freud in emphasizing psychosocial rather than psychosexual development.

The result of successful identity negotiation is fidelity.

Briefly describe the "strange situation" assessment device that was developed by Ainsworth and her colleagues.

In the phrase "object relations," object refers to a material possession that helps define a person.

An infant who remains calm when its mother leaves and responds to her return in a rejecting manner is displaying ___________attachment.

Infant attachment is assessed in a laboratory task referred to as the strange situation.

For avoidant men, there is no relation between how much anxiety their partner shows and how supportive they are toward their partners.

The psychosocial conflict that occurs during the preschool years is called:

A selfobject is a person's mental representation of him- or herself