PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY FINAL EXAM
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Who is John Bowlby? - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ An object
relations analyst and biographer of Darwin
What did John Bowlby study? - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
The nature of child-caregiver relationship as source of
mental problems
Attachment Theory - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ A theory that
explores how early child-caregiver experiences shape
our personalities and adult relationships
Childhood Attachment - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ The link
between a child and his/her primary caregiver
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What is a caregivers' role? - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ To
provide security and protection for the child
What is the purpose of a "secure base"? - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ It enables the child to go off and explore the
environment
Children's attachment experiences will eventually
become ______ - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Internalized
(Bowlby called this a "working model"- AKA: relational
schema, attachment style)
With an emotionally warm and reliable caregiver... -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ The child will view relationships as
stable and secure
With a cold and unsupportive caregiver... - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ The child will develop a much more negative
view of relationships
Attachment Dynamic (Circle of Security) - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ A model that helps caregivers understand and
support children's attachment needs, ultimately
promoting secure attachment (AKA: Parent attending to
the child's needs)
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Harry Harlow's Monkeys (1959) - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
He raised baby rhesus monkeys with wire mothers or
cloth mothers
Result of Harlow's Monkey Experiment - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ - Monkeys with cloth mothers were better
adjusted
- They derived a sense of security and warmth from the
cloth
Secure Attachment - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ - Develops
when a child's caregiver is a source of comfort and
security
- The child learns to trust others
- BEST psychological outcomes
Anxious Attachment - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ - An anxious,
uncertain, and clingy style of attachment
- Develops when caregiver is unreliable
- Child might be difficult to comfort when scared
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Avoidant Attachment - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ - Child
avoids closeness and may be uncomfortable with
emotional intimacy
- Develops when caregiver is consistently unavailable or
abusive
- Child learns to distrust the caregiver and relationships
Children develop the attachment style that is... -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ Best for their particular situation
Problems arise when an attachment style is _____ in one
environment and then _____ in a different environment -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ Developed; Used
Mary Ainsworth's Strange Situation - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ A method used to test attachment in young
children that involves separation from a parent
Ainworth's Strange Situation Assessment Steps -
....ANSWER ....✔✔ 1. Parent and child are alone in a
room
2. Child explores the room without parental
participation