Social & Emotional Development 3: Development within Family

Flashcards covering caregiver-child attachment, sibling dynamics, family systems theory, and Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model based on Lecture 20 notes.

According to the transcript, what was the story of Punch at the Ichikawa City Zoo?

Punch was a monkey born in July 2025 who was abandoned by his mother, clung to a stuffed orangutan toy, and had difficulty socializing but gradually adapted.

What is the definition of Caregiver-Child Attachment?

A strong, enduring emotional bond between infant and caregiver.

What are the short-term consequences of Caregiver-Child Attachment?

Survival, security, and the co-regulation of emotions.

What are the long-term consequences of Caregiver-Child Attachment?

A working model of relationships and expectations/behaviours in future relationships.

According to John Bowlby, what is the stage of attachment development from 0 to 2 months?

Indiscriminate sociability.

According to John Bowlby, what is the stage of attachment development from 2 to 7 months?

Attachment in the making.

According to John Bowlby, what is the stage of attachment development from 7 to 24 months?

Clear-cut attachment (actively seeking caregiver contact and using them as a secure base).

According to John Bowlby, what occurs in the attachment stage from 24 months onwards?

Reciprocal relationships involving mutual regulation and working partnership.

What task did Mary Ainsworth use to measure attachment patterns?

The "Strange Situations" task.

What are the four attachment patterns identified by Mary Ainsworth?

Secure attachment, Anxious-resistant, Anxious-Avoidant, and Disorganised or disoriented.

In the NICHD Early Child Care Research Network (2001) study, what was the significance level for maternal sensitivity as a predictor of attachment at 36 months?

p < .001

What is the Prototype model of caregiver attachment stability?

The model where attachment patterns are relatively fixed from infancy and do not change during the transition to parenthood.

What is the Revisionist model of caregiver attachment stability?

The model where attachment patterns can change with new meaningful relationships, such as during the transition to parenthood.

In the study by Stern et al. (2018), which factors affected the ongoing trajectory of adult attachment during the transition to parenthood?

Caregiving from mother and partner, romantic relationship quality, distress, and depressive symptoms.

Under what conditions is sibling rivalry and conflict considered problematic?

When there is no conflict resolution, parents have marital conflict, parents are uninvolved, or older siblings are aggressive/antisocial.

What roles do older siblings typically play in a sibling coalition?

They provide socio-cognitive capacity, caregiving, protection, and teaching.

What is the core principle of the family as a Dynamic System?

Relationships between elements define those elements, and substantial or sustained changes to any one element ultimately change the entire system.

In Bronfenbrenner’s Bioecological Approach, what examples are provided for the Microsystem?

Parents, family rules, and siblings’ behaviours.

In Bronfenbrenner’s Bioecological Approach, what defines the Mesosystem?

The relationships between elements of the microsystem, such as the parents' relationship, daycare arrangements, or parent-sibling relationship.

What factors are categorized under the Exosystem in the Bioecological model?

Parent's work and transport availability.

What factors are categorized under the Macrosystem in the Bioecological model?

Electricity and media.

What is defined by the Chronosystem in the Bioecological model?

Historical contexts such as laws, values, and roles (e.g., how they were 100 years ago).