CMS 357 1st Edition Lecture 9 I II III IV Importance of Responsiveness Babies need responsiveness Maternal vocalizations have positive correlating with IQ scores Small associations between maternal interactions and attachment Smartness and social competence and language acquisition Responsiveness matters Infant Characteristics A Preterm infants a Aspects of the parent affects how the child develops and communicates compared to fullterm infants they tend to be more fussy less attentive to their mom s voice less likely to smile less likely to vocalize the mothers hold their babies more and do more stimulating to the baby the moms are compensating after sometime they can catch up to the full term baby b The less responsiveness of the infant encourages the mother to be more attentive a cycle like dialectical theory and encourages development B Developmentally delayed infants a Infants are not reaching the milestones not rolling over typical times b Mom uses more verbal communications c Mom uses more nonverbal directive and control strategies d Natural compensation from parents Parent Characteristics a Mother vs Fathers i Moms still on average do more nurturing and dads do more playful things dad will throw baby up and catch them ii When dads are put into a primary care position the dad on average takes on those nurturing skills iii Moms on average show more responsive behavior b Adolescent parents i Adolescents parents are less responsive than adult parents adolescent dads are less responsive than girl adolescents ii You get a picture of why a baby would suffer from having adolescent teen parents less intellectual behavioral problems not in a responsive environment growing up iii Depressed mothers are less responsive than their kids children under the age of three are then diagnosed as clinically depressed Parenting Styles 1 Authoritarian Parent high on control and relatively low on warmth 2 Permissive or Laizze fare parents high on warmth or low on control happy warm responsiveness and not very hard on their children at all V 3 Democratic or authoritative parents moderate to moderately high on warmth and control Kids of authoritarian parents are less exploratory than other kids tend to be more dependent parents are in charge and more dependent because parents are more controlling kids also sometimes go through a rebellious period when they get older but usually come back to their parents values Kids like to have some sort of boundaries so in laizze fare children push Kids of the democratic on average or more exploratory tend to be more confident tend to be more socially competent o Democratic kids are more confident than the permissive kids because they developed verbal skills due to the ability to make choices and empowered to try out things o The permissive kids may realize that their parents are not realistic can they detect reality from the constant warmth They might think parents don t care as much Attachment Styles a Relationship of the primary care giver is based on his or her responsivenessdevelop through this type of responsiveness 1 Secure person who finds it easy to get comfortable with others and being in close relationships without fear of abandonment strange situation the child cries a little but play with the toys and greet their mom happily 2 Avoidant uncomfortable to be close to others and nervous fears close relationships and commitment in the strange situation the little kid does not really care when the move leaves and when the mom comes back the kid doesn t care either 3 Anxious Ambivalent fear abandonment think their partner doesn t love them in the strange situation the baby freaks out and freaks out when the mom arrives abandonment issues