Exam 6: Socioemotional Development in Infancy

Mary Rothbart and John Bates believe that infant temperament falls into which of the following categories?

Researchers have found that infant fear is linked to ________ at 6 to 7 years of age.

List the three types of temperament as classified by Alexander Chess and Stella Thomas. Explain how a baby with each type might respond to meeting a new person in a new situation.

Explain how the quality and quantity of child care affect children.

Anthony is just starting to crawl and has taken to following his mother around the house. He also lifts his arms up to her when he wants to be picked up. According to Bowlby's conceptualization of attachment, which phase is Anthony currently in?

Tara holds her two-month-old daughter, Sonia, close to her, makes eye contact, and smiles and sings softly to her. Tara is engaging in

Mary often plays the game peek-a-boo with her baby. Initially, Mary covers her baby and then removes the cover, registering "surprise" at the baby's reappearance. After a time, her baby does the covering and uncovering. This is an example of

Explain reciprocal socialization and scaffolding. Explain the importance of scaffolding in infant development.

Mariposa is in the Strange Situation; she moves freely away from her mother but keeps track of where she is through periodic glances. She would most likely be classified as being

Especially in infancy, emotions play important roles in ________.

Recent studies found that a disorganized attachment style developed in infancy only when infants had the short version of the serotonin transporter gene, 5-HTTLPR. This gene-environment interaction only occurred when

In the Strange Situation, Jermaine used his mother as a "safe base" as he actively explored the playroom. Mary Ainsworth would most likely classify Jermaine as being

Jerome Kagan's classification of temperament focuses on

Researchers have found that infant ________ is linked to guilt, empathy, and low aggression at six to seven years of age.

When people become parents through pregnancy, adoption, or step-parenting, they face ________ and must adapt.

The results of the study conducted by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in 1991 indicate that

Three-month-old Zoey looks up at her mother and smiles. What do researchers call this smile?

Describe the emotional regulation and coping techniques that infants develop over the initial years.

Experts on infant socioemotional development, such as Jerome Kagan, conclude that ________ makes it unlikely that emotions which require thought can be experienced in the first year.

When a mother plays peek-a-boo with her baby, she moves from covering the baby and saying "peek-a-boo" to covering her own eyes and saying it. This illustrates