General Instructions / Formatting Requirements:
1. Respond to only one of the below prompts
2. State the specific prompt you’re responding to at the top of your
paper
3. Break up your response into multiple paragraphs
4. Indent each paragraph
5. Double space
6. Proofread for clarity, grammar and spelling mistakes.
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8. Your response must be between 300-500 words for full credit
(submissions above or below this word count will receive point
deductions of increasing amounts as the term progresses)
Prompts:
Unit 3. Infancy Journal Prompt (there is only one)
Prompt 1: Attachment
● What is attachment?
○ What is the maturational view of attachment?
○ What is the mechanistic view of attachment?
○ What is the contextual view of attachment?
○ Which view do you agree with most and why?
● Types of attachment, based on findings of the Strange Situation Study
○ Describe Secure attachment
○ Describe Insecure-avoidant attachment
○ Describe Insecure-resistant attachment
○ Describe Disorganized/disoriented attachment
○ (Optional: Which do you believe you had with your
caregivers?)
Prompt 2: Temperament
What is temperament?
Describe ONE of the temperament theories (1. Chess & Thomas, 2. Rothbart, OR
3. Kagan).
What is goodness-of-fit?
What was your temperament like as a baby, and do you think your parents were a
good match?
Prompt 3: Language Acquisition
Describe biological contributions to language acquisition.
Describe environmental contributions for language acquisition.
Do you believe any environmental contributions significantly influenced your
language acquisition?
If you grew up bilingual or bicultural, how do you think that affected your language
development?
- Prompt 1: Attachment
