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Child Development Chap. 6
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
03/09/2009

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reciprocity
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true social interactions involving mutual exchanges between partners
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attunement
Definition
caregivers' adjustment of the stimulation they provide in response to signs from the infant
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sensitive care
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a caregiving style in which the caregiver attends to the infant's needs and responds to them promptly and effectively
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recognitory assimilation
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a form of visual master in which the infant recognizes a familar stimulus and assimilates it to an established scheme
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emotion
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a state of feeling that arises when a person evaluates and even in a particular way
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stranger distress
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negative reactions of infants to strangers
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attachment
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an enduring emotional tie between infant and caregiver
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separation distress
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negative reactions of infants when the caregiver temporarily leaves
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greeting reactions
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postitive reactions of infants when the caregiver appears
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secure-base behavior
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behavior in which the infant uses the caregiver as a base for exploration
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bonding
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the parent's initial emotional tie to the newborn
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secure attachment
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a pattern of attachment in which the infant is confident of the caregiver's availability and responsiveness and can use the caregiver as a secure base for exploration
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anxious attachment
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patterns of attachment in which the infant is not confident of the caregiver's availability and responsiveness and cannot use the caregiver as a secure base for exploration
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anxious-resistant attachment
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an attachment pattern in which the infant separates from the caregiver reluctantly but shows ambivalence toward the caregiver after a brief separation
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anxious-avoidance attachment
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an attachment pattern in which the infant readily separates from the caregiver but avoids contact after a brief separation
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disorganized-disoriented attachment
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a type of anxious attachment in which the infant shows contradictory features of several patterns of anxious attachment or appears dazed and disoriented
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internal working model
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an infant's generalized expectations about the social world, including caregiver responsiveness, the infant's own ability to obtain care, and the nature of social relationships
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temperament
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an individual infant's general style of behavior across contexts
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sensitive period hypothesis
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the idea tat certain kinds of experience are especially important at particular points in development
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