My child’s name is Khaleesi, which means Queen. I got this name from a television show I am slightly obsessed with, called Game of Thrones. The girls full name in the show is Khaleesi Daenerys Targaryen, but I just stuck with Queen. There are seven dimensions of temperament. One is activity level, which is the frequency and intensity of gross motor activity. Next is the attention span, the time someone can pay attention to one activity. Then there’s emotionality, this is the frequency and intensity of positive an negative emotional expression. Soothability is the responsiveness to attempts to soothe a person when they are distressed. Sociability is the degree of interest in others and positive or negative emotional expression. The sixth dimension …show more content…
Khaleesi is typically a very happy child and social once she gets familiar with the people around her. I believe she 's like this because of her activity level. In her free time, Khaleesi loves to ride her bike around the block a lot and she is getting pretty good at playing catch, shooting mini-basketballs and kicking the mini-soccer ball since my partner and I have been playing with her. Exercise releases endorphins and dopamine and makes a person happier, hence her usually being a happy child. Like I mentioned before, Khaleesi’s sociability has affected her temperament as well. She is shy initially, which makes her a little more clingy to me and upset when I have to leave. This only lasts a short amount of time though, then she adjusts to the environment and the people and becomes more lovable and accepting of friends around her. Which brings me to adjustability, she keeps up with all the other children and adapts to making new friends as she moves from preschool to kindergarten. She initially clings to adult figures, like her teacher, but once she feels comfortable she plays with the rest of the …show more content…
Secure attachment is when the child feels safe in the environment with the parent. The child frequently checks on the parent, when the parent leaves they cry, then become happy again once the parent returns. Insecure-avoidant and when the child doesn’t pay much attention to the parent and isn 't affected when the parent leaves or comes back. Insecure-resistant is when the child doesn’t really leave the parents side. They don;t pay much attention to their surroundings and they become very upset when the parent leaves. When the parent returns, they instantly go to their side but don’t want to be held and refuse eye contact. Lastly is the disorganized-disoriented classification. This is the more common reaction of children who have been neglected or abused. The child is detached from self, environment and reality and doesn 't really know how to react when the parent leaves or comes back. I would say Khaleesi fits best under the secure attachment classification, because she is attached to me and likes when I am around. Then again, she loves to meet new people and playing games, but she makes sure I am there watching her. We are a family that does many activities together though, so it’s no surprise that she enjoys when we are
The Strange Situation, in which infants are exposed to eight different episodes involving the mother and/or a stranger, is widely used to test attachments, although there are many different views regarding its validity and reliability. In order for the Strange Situation to be considered reliable, a child tested at different times should produce the same reaction every time; this was supported by Main, Kapland and Cassidy’s 1985 study which found that 100% of infants who had been securely attached before 18 months were still securely attached at 6 years, and 75% of those who had been anxious-avoidant remained so. One interpretation of attachment type (based on the Strange Situation) is that it is a fixed characteristic and therefore cannot be changed, but if there is a change in family circumstances this is often not the case. Attachments to mothers and fathers have been proven to be independent – Main and Weston (1981) found that children reacted differently depending on which parent they were with. This shows that the attachment types shown by the Strange Situation are based on qualities of distinct relationships as opposed to a child’s characteristics.
Eysenck ' identify three dimensions of personality which are extraversion, neuroticism and psychoticism (McLeod, 2014). He came up with this theory while working in Maudskey psychiatric hospital in London. He was making "assessments of each patient before their mental disorders where diagnosed by a psychiatrist. He would ask questions too soldiers who were being treated for neurotic disorders. His technique is called the factor analysis. The factors are grouped into dimensions. The two dimensions are introversion and extraversion, neuroticism and stability which are also called the second order personality traits. The extraverts are sociable and crave excitement and change, and thus can become bored easily they tend to be carefree optimistic and impulsive"(McLeod, 2014). Introverts are "reserved planned actions and control their emotions. They tend to be seriously reliable and pessimistic"(McLeod, 2014). Neurotics and stables tend to be anxious worrying and moody. They are overly emotional and find it difficult to calm down one upset (). Stables are "emotionally calm unreactive and unworried. In 1966 Eysencks that is another trade called psychoticism. This trait exhibits "a lack of empathy, is cruel, a loner, aggressive and troublesome" McLeod, 2014 (McLeod,
The behavioral dimension goes hand in hand with pragmatism. It asks how is it possible to get a child to do something effectively. So its main focus is on what the person says or thinks not what he says about what he can do or think. Which requires precise measurement. Another important question in the behavioral dimension is to ask not just was the behavior changed but whose behavior was changed. The test- retest, and the inter- rater reliability techniques are of major importance for considering the presence of this dimension.
Forming attachments in life is something that is beneficial for us all. However, there are many in the world that have grown up without being able to form attachments with others properly. Children in foster homes have harder times forming attachments. This is partly because they are in and out of foster care homes, or they may get close to another child in the home and that child leaves. No matter the reason, they do not have the best attachment history. According to the DSM-IV, reactive attachment disorder is defined as result of social neglect or other situations that limit a young child’s opportunity to form selective attachments. (DSM IV). Attachment is formed in the beginning stages of life to a child. When the child does not have a
Levine, L. E., & Munsch, J. (2011). Temperament. In L. E. Levine, & J. Munsch, Child Development: An active Approach (pp. 342-343). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publishers.
As previously mentioned, a variety of attachments ensue social relationships; these attachments mold differently to what each age grade needs developmentally, especially young adults. Attachment is defined as “a strong affectional tie that binds a person to an intimate companion” (450). This concept emerges around six to seven months of age, and is directed towards our parents (to mother first more so than father) or direct caregiver (450). At such a young age, an infant shows its attachment towards it’s caregiver by “crying, clinging, approaching, following, doing whatever it takes to maintain closeness to her and expressing displeasure when they cannot” (450). These basic characteristics of attachment are quite similar, but are expressed differently as we grow. Other age groups like, for instance, young adults would differentiate in the way they...
For example, when the child first arrived he made no contact with those that were in the area. The only eye contact that he made was with his grandmother. The secure attachment theory supports that children are least likely to make contact with strangers when caregivers are around. One example of no contact is, the child not making eye contact with those who were among his presence while he stayed extremely close to his grandmother. Children that are securely attached seem to become somewhat defensive when they are in different environments. They tend to push away from strangers to stay within the presence of their caregivers. They become very anxious of when they feel as if the caregiver could possibly be away from their presence. An example of “anxiousness” is when the observed child got comfortable to venture off, he hesitated leaving his grandmother; it took him a while to get comfortable with the strange surroundings and people. After the child was comfortable, he relaxed and became less anxious. When the observed child started to become comfortable within his surroundings, he slowly but cautiously shied away while turning around and hesitating before he ventured away too far. After the child ventured off, he became even more aware of his surroundings. The child had a pattern of looking for his grandmother to make sure that she was still
Infant attachment is the first relationship a child experiences and is crucial to the child’s survival (BOOK). A mother’s response to her child will yield either a secure bond or insecurity with the infant. Parents who respond “more sensitively and responsively to the child’s distress” establish a secure bond faster than “parents of insecure children”. (Attachment and Emotion, page 475) The quality of the attachment has “profound implications for the child’s feelings of security and capacity to form trusting relationships” (Book). Simply stated, a positive early attachment will likely yield positive physical, socio-emotional, and cognitive development for the child. (BOOK)
Through the well-studied idea of maternal-infant attachment there has been important insight into a child’s development. Mary Ainsworth found through her “Strange Situation” experiment that there are three distinct types of attachment that infants form; anxious avoidant, secure, and anxious resistant (O’Gorman, 2013). Later a fourth attachment style known as, disorganized attachment, was identified (CITE). Secure attachment is linked to maternal sensitivity just as insecure attachment is linked to maternal rejection or unpredictable maternal response to an infant’s desires and needs (Kinsvatter, Desmond, Yanikoski, & Stahl, 2013). Infants are “at risk” of developing an insecure attachment to their mother when they are placed in alternative care before nine months of age (Stifter, Coulehan, & Fish, 1993). This is concerning in that we see there are negative effec...
The Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire is a tool often used by professionals to assess a patient’s personality subtypes on a rating scale of 20 to 80. Under the higher order temperament factor Positive Emotionality (PEM) there are four trait scales. For the trait scale Well Being, John Wayne Gacy would score a 70. He was an upstanding member of his community, liked by his neighbors and coworkers, and would even attend children’s birthday parties and hospitals dressed as Pogo the Clown (Hickey, 2016). He had a cheerful disposition when facing the public, however, he only receives a 70 because he would, in fact, be subject to violent mood swings. For the trait scale Social Potency, Gacy receives a score of 80. He
Personality is defined as a combination of characteristics or qualities that make up an individual’s character. There are tests that can help one decode their personality and understand their quality of what it means to be a person. The Myers-Brigg Type Indicator and the Big Five or Five Factor Model ate such tools. The Myers-Brigg Type Indicator is a psychological self-assessment which provides some insight to the takers personality. Although it can be a tool used for career planning and leadership development, the Myers-Brigg Type Indicator is better classified as a personality test that depending on the results of the assessment can help one with their decision making skills, build stronger relationships, and
“Ainsworth and Witting (1969) devised the strange situation to be able to test the nature of attachment systematically” Cardwell, M. et.al (2000). They found three attachment types, secure attachment, insecure-avoidant and insecure –resistant. They found that the different attachments had different effects on a child’s behaviour. Bowlby’s theory talks about having a secure base which allows a child to explore its environment.... ...
Hans Eysneck suggested that personality had three dimensions: extraversion-introversion, emotional stability - neuroticism, and psychoticism. Today, after the findings of Robert McCrae and Paul Costa, that theory has been expanded to include openness to experience, conscientiousness, and agreeableness. The positives of this theory are in its clarity. Being able to pinpoint traits and tie a personality to it are very advantageous. The big disadvantage is that trait theory fails to address the development of traits, and gives no theories into personality
Temperament is a personality characteristic which comes from the parents. Child will possess good manners if the parents do have them. Every child has his own energy
During the first few stages of both theories, we see challenges in the development of the child and we also see challenges that a child might face during some, if not all forms of attachment theory. For example, a parent ignoring the child and speaking to them in a negative manner during insecure-avoidant attachment can be challenging for a child and lead to insecurities and the feeling of not being loved and/or wanted. Additionally, the theme of independence is seen throughout both theories and can also be related specifically to insecure-avoidant attachment where the child does not focus his or her attention on the parents but instead looks to the outside world for assistance. Both theories, as well as attachment theory, has an impact on childhood