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6. which of the following is true of learning theory explanations for attachment?

  • they focus on the role of interactional synchrony
  • they make use of classical conditioning only
  • there is counter-evidence from human studies
  • attachment is seen as a primary drive

7. which of the following is true of the 44 thieves study?

  • results are not supported by those of Goldfarb
  • there may be bias because Bowlby assessed affectionless psychopathy and deprivation
  • partical replications e.g. Hilda Lewis have found similar results
  • there was no association between maternal deprivation and affectionless psychopathy

8. in learning theory, which of the following is the focus of a primary drive?

  • aggression
  • food
  • comfort
  • love

9. Shaffer and Emerson assessed what in the infants?

  • seperation anxeity
  • zombie-related anxiety
  • seperation and stranger anxiety
  • stranger anxiety

10. Which of the following best describes maternal deprivation?

  • Loss of care of the primary attachment figure without a substitute
  • separation from the primary attachment figure
  • failure to attach to a primary attachment figure
  • failure of attachment figures to feed an infant

11. the strange situation can be best described as what kind of study?

  • self-report
  • naturalistic observation
  • controlled observation
  • laboratory experiment

12. At 4 years, Rutter found that there was:

  • a positive correlation between age of adoption and intellectual development
  • a negative correlation in orphans between age of adoption and intellectual development
  • a positive correlation between age of adoption and social-emotional development
  • no correlations of any sort

13. what is the phenomenon in which early contact influences mate preference called?

  • contact comfort
  • deprivation
  • sexual imprinting
  • imprinting

14. which is true of securely attached infants in the strange situation?

  • they show little or no anxiety
  • They are happy at reunion with the primary attachment figure
  • they get extremely anxious at separation
  • they are clingy

15. During interaction, the mother's and infant's signals

  • slow down
  • stay the same
  • synchronise
  • differentiate

16. which of these is a strength of research into early interaction?

  • it is easy to interpret infant behaviour
  • controlled observations capture fine detail
  • it is a socially sensitive topic
  • observations tell us the functions of behavior

17. which of these is a strength of Ainsworth's attachment types?

  • inter-rater reliability of the strange situation
  • additional attachment types appear to exist
  • influence of temperament
  • cross-cultural validity of the strange situation

18. Which is not true of cross-cultural attachment comparisons?

  • there is more variation within countries than between them
  • some attachment behaviours seem to have different meanings in different countries
  • Some countries have particularly bad parents
  • secure attachment is the most common type in every country

19. a parents learning to comfort a crying baby in order to stop it crying is an example of:

  • negative reinforcement
  • postive reinforcement
  • punishment
  • a primary drive

20. which attachment type is most likely to be associated with bullying?

  • insecure resistant
  • insecure avoidant
  • securely attached
  • disinhibited