Question

Answer each of the following questions USING COMPLETE SENTENCES.
1. Identify and describe secure and insecure attachment based on responses to Ainsworth's Strange Situation Test. (Objective 4)
2. List Piaget's stages (4) of cognitive development and describe the qualities of thinking characteristic of each stage. (Objective 7)
3. List and describe Erik Erikson's 8 stages of psychosocial development. Note that each stage is named for a crisis/conflict (e.g., the first stage is Trust vs. Mistrust). (Objective 10)
4. Describe the 4 patterns of parenting styles as defined by Diana Baumrind. (Objective 12)

Answer 1

In Ainsworth's Strange Situation Test, the nature of attachment determines the child's response to the care giver:
1. Secure attachment - The child is distressed when the caregiver leaves. The child avoids strangers when alone, but is friendly when the caregiver is present. When the mother returns after a period of absence, the child is happy and positive.
2. Insecure resistant attachment - The child shows intense distress when the caregiver leaves. The child displays fear in the presence of strangers. When reunited with the caregiver, the child approaches the caregiver but will resist contact.
3. Insecure avoidant attachment - The child shows no sign of distress when the the caregiver leaves. The child is okay with the stranger. When the caregiver returns after a period of absence, the child shows little interest.

Please post the other questions separately as we are supposed to answer just one question or four sub parts of the same question.