Psychology: Developmental Psychology & Personality Flashcards

In the Strange Situation, an infant who explores freely, is distressed at separation, but is easily comforted on reunion shows which attachment style?

Answer: Secure

Secure attachment involves comfort exploring and easy soothing after the caregiver returns.

A 3-year-old who cannot understand that another person sees a different view of a scene is displaying Piagetian:

Answer: Egocentrism

Egocentrism is the preoperational inability to take another's perspective.

Carl Rogers argued that healthy personality development requires which condition from others?

Answer: Unconditional positive regard

Rogers said unconditional positive regard fosters self-actualization and a healthy self-concept.

A defense mechanism in which unacceptable impulses are redirected into socially acceptable activities is called:

Answer: Sublimation

Sublimation channels unacceptable urges into constructive, acceptable behavior.

Baumrind's parenting style characterized by high demands and high responsiveness is:

Answer: Authoritative

Authoritative parenting combines warmth with reasonable, consistent expectations.

The temperament concept refers primarily to:

Answer: A child's innate emotional reactivity and intensity

Temperament is the biologically based, characteristic emotional reactivity present early in life.

According to Erikson, the central conflict of late adulthood is:

Answer: Integrity vs. despair

Older adults reflect on life, resolving integrity versus despair.