Deck 3: Attachment

Question 1

Maccoby's four key behaviours for attachment were distress on separation, orientating behaviours towards the primary caregiver, seeking proximity to the main caregiver and:

A)Smiling at the main caregiver
B)Pleasure when reunited with the main caregiver
C)Not looking at the main caregiver
D)Ignoring the main caregiver
E)Clinging to the main caregiver

Answer 1

Pleasure when reunited with the main caregiver

Question 2

The PDD model of disruption of attachment stands for Protest, Despair, and:

A)Detachment
B)Denial
C)Derangement
D)Disruption
E)Domination

Answer 2

Detachment

Question 3

An attachment is what type of bond?

A)Physical
B)Sympathetic
C)Emotional
D)Dependant
E)Kindly

Answer 3

Emotional

Question 4

At about 10-11 months, babies often start to form which sort of attachments?

A)Multiple
B)Minor
C)Mood-related
D)Minority
E)Maximum

Question 5

Variation in infant attachment security can be explained as:

A)Totally genetic
B)Partially genetic
C)Totally environmental
D)Pure chance
E)Luck of the draw

Question 6

Over time, the size of the association between paternal sensitivity and infant-father attachment has changed:

A)Little
B)Not much
C)Hardly at all
D)A lot
E)Totally

Question 7

Social releasers include:

A)Crying
B)Smiling
C)Blowing bubbles
D)All of these
E)None of these

Question 8

Harlow's monkeys preferred which substitute mother?

A)Unmoving
B)Moving
C)With a face
D)With food
E)Cloth-covered

Question 9

Attachment behaviour can vary depending on:

A)The infant's sex
B)The family culture
C)The infant's birth month
D)The age of the mother
E)The age of the father

Question 10

Secure attachment is when an infant is upset when the caregiver returns after leaving them and:

A)Smacks them then hugs them
B)Looks away from them
C)Looks towards them
D)Is pleased when they return
E)Does not play with them

Question 11

Ainsworth's Strange Situation contains how many stages?

A)8
B)7
C)6
D)5
E)4

Question 12

Schaffer and Emerson suggested children go through how many stages of attachment?

A)1
B)2
C)3
D)4
E)5

Question 13

Maternal or caregiver sensitivity involves alertness to infant signals; capacity to negotiate conflicting goals; promptness of response; and being:

A)Female
B)A close relative
C)The main caregiver
D)Appropriate in responses
E)With the baby more than others

Question 14

Reciprocity is most positive when it happens:

A)Rarely
B)Sometimes
C)Very often
D)All the time
E)Never

Question 15

Lorenz called the attachment between a newly hatched chick and the first moving object it saw:

A)Focusing
B)Being critical
C)Being sensitive
D)Attaching
E)Imprinting

Question 16

Monotropy is the attachment to:

A)The mother
B)One person only
C)The father
D)The main caregiver
E)All of the above

Question 17

Bowlby's theory is adaptive because it emphasises:

A)Safety
B)Closeness to the main caregiver
C)Emotional attachment with the main caregiver
D)A secure base from which to explore
E)All the above

Question 18

The last of Bowlby's four phases of attachment is:

A)2 years old onwards
B)6 months to 1 year old
C)6 months to 2 years old
D)12 months to 24 months
E)12 months to 36 months

Question 19

Learning theory comprises classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and can include:

A)Rewards
B)Punishments
C)Social learning
D)Negative reinforcement
E)Positive reinforcement

Question 20

The internal working model is:

A)Innate
B)Unchanging
C)Able to change
D)Fixed at birth
E)Fixed at one year old