Important Factors:  Attachment  Parenting styles  CHILD CARE  Child abuse  Neglect  SELF ESTEEM

 Please pass up your hw.  Be prepared to answer the following discussion question: How important is it for a child to have a parent who frequently holds, hugs, and cuddles them when they are an infant? Is that time being held necessary for healthy development?

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

 Emotional and physical ties that form between people (animals)

 Initially infants want to be held, by ANYONE, rather than be alone  By 4 months usually attached to main caregiver, usually MOTHER, and cry when separated

Stranger Anxiety- By 8 months some infants show a fear of STRANGERS Separation Anxiety- crying or otherwise showing distress if their mothers leave them (even if only for a few moments)

Imprinting: 04

Secure: Mothers (primary caregivers) who are affectionate and RELIABLE  securely attached child *Secure children are happier, friendlier, and more cooperative. They are also less likely to MISBEHAVE and tend to do better in school

Unresponsive or unreliable caregiver  Insecure child

Birth Adolescence

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Most parents are kind and LOVING Neglect: failure to give a child adequate food, shelter, emotional support, or schooling -more problems result from neglect than from abuse *3 million children in the US are neglected

a. Stress, especially unemployment b. History of ABUSE c. Acceptance of violence as a way of coping d. Lack of ATTACHMENT to child e. Substance abuse f. Rigid attitudes about child REARING * Children often imitate their parent’s behavior, but it is possible to break the CYCLE

 My experiment with a one year old proved (or disproved) Ainsworth’s research on separation anxiety because…  My experiment with a 3-6 year old show they did (or did not) fit with Piaget’s ________________ stage because…  The 6-8 year old child I did my experiment on did (or did not) fit with the appropriate stage for their age of Kolberg’s moral development as evidenced by….  One success I had with this project was…  One challenge I had with this project was…

Completed 1 experiment on a one year, at least 5 experiments on a 3-6 year old or 2 on a 6-8 year old Clearly describe all experiments and results 40 pts Describe any observations that may have altered the results of the survey 10 pts Give a detailed explanation of what the results say about the cognitive development of the child using vocabulary words and info from text 30 pts Include pictures or video 10 pts or more Overall project is neat with no grammar errors 10 pts

1. Parenting style that combines warmth with age appropriate rules and responsibilities 2. The process by which some animals form immediate attachment during a critical period 3. The value or worth people attach to themselves 4. The instinctual need to touch and be touched by something soft 5. The expression of love or esteem given only when an individual exhibits suitable behavior