Psych 3-2

Attachment is a deep, enduring, and emotional bond between an infant and the caregiver.

• True

• False

Jean Piaget found little difference in the thought process of young children and very old children.

• True

• False

It is a sign of unhealthy attachment for a child to become anxious when a parent leaves.

• True

• False

In a secure attachment, an infant will initially become anxious in absence of the parent but will

• be comforted by the parents return.

• be comforted by any caring stranger.

• be upset with the parent when they return.

• ignore the parent when they return.

Cognitive Development is

• a type of reflex infants posses when they are born.

• involves the growth of the thought process that helps children understand the world.

• uses a virtually permanent learning process called imprinting.

• Begins when children are approximately 11 to 12 years of age.

According to Konrad Lorenz, baby ducks will treat you as their mother if you

• take them away from their mother before they are two week old.

• be the only person who protects them and feeds them.

• play with them several times a day.

• make sure you are the first thing they see move when they hatch.

Harry Harlow's experiments showed that baby monkeys prefer

• a wire mother because they provide food and sustenance.

• the cloth mother that provided contact comfort.

• either mother.

• neither mother brought comfort.