Describe the three types of insecure attachment, what causes each and characteristics of a child who exhibits affects of this type of attachment
What will be an ideal response?
• Resistant or anxious/ambivalent attachment – inconsistency or unpredictability in parent; inconsistent care; child not comfortable in exploring environment and may not connect with parents
• Avoidant (anxious/avoidant) attachment – related to inadequate care; child is emotionally restricted; perceives world and others as unfriendly, etc.
• Disorganized attachment – caregiver is frightening, frightened or malicious; may be caused by long separations from caregiver; child displays disorganized emotions and dysregulation
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a. learning b. constructivist c. cognitive-developmental d. ecological and systems
Mona would like to understand the interactionist perspective. She has enough time to skim two textbooks. She should probably read one textbook in social psychology and one in
a. evolutionary psychology. b. cognitive psychology. c. clinical psychology. d. personality psychology.
Strokes damaging the left side of the brain typically affect ____, as well as physical movement on the right half of the body; whereas strokes occurring within the right hemisphere can ____ in addition to impairing motor movement on the left side of the body
a. speech and language proficiency; impair judgment and short-term memory b. impair judgment and short-term memory; speech and language proficiency c. empathic abilities; increase impulsivity d. impulsivity; decrease empathic abilities
The direction of a relationship between variables is indicated by the ____
a. sign of the correlation b. numerical value of the correlation c. type of correlation (Pearson or Spearman) d. statistical significance of the correlation