What is attachment?
The bond between a child and a caregiver
What does “bidirectional interaction” mean?
Both the infant and the caregiver influence each other (both give and respond)
What is emotional development?
How children learn to understand, express, and manage emotions
What is temperament?
A child’s natural personality traits (e.g., calm, active, shy
What is personality development?
How a child’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours form over time
What is attachment?
A strong emotional bond between an infant and a caregiver
What are primary reinforcers?
Basic needs that naturally satisfy babies (e.g., food, warmth)
What does Learning Theory say about attachment?
Babies form attachments because caregivers provide rewards
What is dyadic synchrony?
Back-and-forth matching of emotions, facial expressions, and behaviours (like taking turns in interactions)
What are secondary reinforcers?
Things linked to primary needs (e.g., caregiver’s voice, face)
Define primary reinforcer
A natural, basic need that brings comfort (e.g., food, warmth)
What is environmental competence?
A child can explore safely because the caregiver is nearby
What does Bowlby’s Ethological Theory say about attachment?
Attachment is biologically built-in
according to Cognitive Developmental Theory, what does attachment depend on?
Object permanence
What is object permanence?
Understanding that people and objects still exist even when not seen
Why is caregiver protection important in this theory?
Caregiver protects the child and helps them survive
Define Learning Theory
The idea that babies form attachments because caregivers give rewards
Define secondary reinforcer
Something comforting because it’s linked to a primary need (e.g., caregiver’s voice/face)
Define environmental competence
The child can explore safely because the caregiver is nearby
Define Cognitive Developmental Theory
Attachment depends on the child understanding object permanence
Define reunion behaviour
How the baby reacts when the caregiver comes back (calm, clingy, avoids, etc.)
Define object permanence
Knowing people/objects still exist even when not seen
Define wire-mesh surrogate mother
A hard, non-comforting fake mother used in the experiment
Define Harlow & Zimmerman’s study
A study where baby monkeys were raised with two fake mothers: a soft terry-cloth one and a wire-mesh one