Web Exercise #1: Cultural Influences on Emotional Development in Infants and Toddlers

LO 10.1 Discuss emotional development and emotion regulation in infancy, including the role of social and contextual influences.

In this exercise, students should pick a country other than their own, research how infants and toddlers are raised, and develop a PowerPoint presentation to discuss the contextual and cultural influences on the emotional development of infants and toddlers in that culture. Share your presentations with your classmates. Write responses to three of your classmates’ PowerPoint presentations. What did you like? What did you learn? What would you still like to know?

Web Exercise #2: Attachment Styles in Infants and Toddlers

LO 10.4 Compare attachment styles in infancy and adulthood and discuss the influence of context and culture on attachment.

Watch the following YouTube clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDs73nMRqqY

Answer the following questions:

1. What attachment style did the first child exhibit? What were the specific behaviors that the child exhibited that indicated the attachment style?
2. What about the second child? Again, what behaviors indicated the specific attachment style?
3. How about the third child?

Web Exercise #3: Attachment in Adulthood

LO 10.4 Compare attachment styles in infancy and adulthood and discuss the influence of context and culture on attachment.

Watch the following YouTube clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSAPfiSw_Ic

1. What effects do parents have on their child’s attachment style?
2. Is attachment style in childhood a predictor of attachment style in adulthood?
3. What are the 4 attachment styles in adulthood?
4. What are the characteristics of secure attachment in adulthood?