Why is the Strange Situation assessed in toddlerhood and not infancy, if infancy is when an attachment relationship is formed?

What will be an ideal response?


Toddlers, unlike infants, have developed an internal working model of their primary attachment figure. This means that they use this model to gauge what to expect about their mothers' availability and supportiveness.

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Jake trips; he knocks his elbow against the edge of the door jamb while simultaneously stubbing his toe on a chair. Based on the work of von Helmholtz’s, which of the following is likely to occur?

a. The intensity of the elbow pain is greater than that of the toe pain. b. The intensity of pain for both the toe and elbow is equal. c. He experiences the elbow pain before the toe pain. d. He experiences the toe and elbow pain instantaneously.

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The switching-replications design's strength against social threats comes from ____

a. its use of the double-blind methodology b. the fact that everyone will eventually get the treatment c. the use of random selection and random assignment d. the careful selection of covariates

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About 40 percent of people over the age of 75 years will suffer from Alzheimer's disease

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Following a stroke, Rahul's grandfather lost the ability to understand when people would ask him questions. In addition, when his grandfather spoke, the words make sense, but the sentences do not. The stroke appears to have damaged which area of the brain?

A) basil ganglia B) FOXP2 C) Wernicke's area D) Broca's area

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