Psyc Unit 2

Proximity Maintenance

Babies want to stay close to their mother

Safe Haven

Caregiver protects/comforts baby when upset

Secure Base

Baby can explore when their caregiver is nearby

Separation Distress

Baby is not happy when separated from their caregiver

Secure Attachment

Infant is distressed when their caregiver leaves and easily comforted upon their return. Caregiver: sensitive to infant’s needs, quick to react.

Insecure Avoidant Attachment

Infant shows little emotion/distress when their caregiver is gone and ignores their return. Caregiver: emotionally distant and does not attend to needs.

Insecure Resistant Attachment

Infant is distressed before the caregiver leaves, and is clingy/angry when caregiver returns. Resistant to comfort. Caregiver is unpredictable when responding to the infant’s needs.

Insecure Disorganized Attachment

Infant appears fearful and confused around caregiver. The caregiver is neglectful and abussive.

Attachment Theory

Early emotional bonds between infants and primary caregivers have lifelong impact on social/emotional development

Emotion

Feeling (affect) when a person is engaged in an interaction that is important to them (especially to their wellbeing)

Emotional Regulation

Ability to monitor, manage, and respond to experiences in a healthy way. Arousal/alertness management

Managing Emotion

Adapting better to circumstances to act in ways that help you reach your goal

Theory of Mind

People can feel different emotion from each other

Importance of Emotional Regulation

Better executive functioning (impulses), better success in school, moral development, lower stress, better friendships, and social competence

Social Context

Physical, situational, cultural environment

Social Norms

Unwritten rules, values, and expectations that dictate acceptable behavior

Behavior Variance

Same action can be viewed as acceptable or unacceptable depending on setting

Social Competence

Social skills, emotional intelligence, cognitive flexibility, and contextual awareness

Emotional Coaching

Parents provide emotional scaffolding to their children

Secure Attachment

Positive views of relationships, not stressed about romantic relationships, and easy to get close to

Avoidant Attachment

Cautious about getting involved, and can be distant in the relationship

Anxious Attachment

Demands closeness, less trusting, more emotional, jealous, and possessive

Identity

Who a person is, representing a synthesis and integration of self-understanding

Self-understanding

An individual’s cognitive representation of the self, the substance of self-conceptions

Self-optimization With Compensation Theory

People successfully adapt to limitations as they age. They select only goals they care about, try to optimize for them, and looks for ways to overcome limitations.

Trait

Characteristic (typical) pattern of behavior or a disposition to feel or act a certain way

Personality

Individual’s relatively stable and enduring patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving that distinguishes them from individuals

Narcissism

Self-concerned approach toward others

Self-satisfied

An unearned, culturally inflated sense of complacency and contentment with oneself