INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD-SOCIAL ORIENTATION AND ATTACHMENT

Social and Emotional Development during Infancy

 The study of “socio-emotional” development.

 It focuses on the social and emotional development of infants and
toddlers.
 Emotions have been referred to as the “language of infancy,”
 In the section that follows, we focus on attachments.
 Our orientation in this chapter highlights that the contours of emotional
development in the early years both are informed by, and contribute to,
social interactions and relationships.

Social Orientation and Attachments

 SOCIAL ORIENTATION/UNDERSTANDING
 SOCIAL REFERENCING
 INDIVIDUAL REFERENCES IN ATTACHMENT
 ATTACHMENT AND IT’S DEVELOPMENT
 INFANT’S SOCIAL SOPHISTICATION AND INSIGHT
 CAREGIVING STYLES AND ATTACHMENT CLASSIFICATIONS
 ATTACHMENT, TEMPERAMENT AND THE WIDER SOCIAL WORLD

ATTACHMENT TYPES

1. SECURE ATTACHMENT
2. INSECURE AVOIDANT
3. INSECURE AMBIVALENT/ RESISTANT
4. DISORGANIZED ATTACHMENT