The term rhythmicity, in regard to infants, refers to
a. their ability to coordinate their actions, like looking and smiling, with those of a caregiver.
b. their tendency to sway in synchrony with music.
c. the production of cooing sounds in synchrony with music.
d. their biological regularity, as in how regularly they sleep or eat.
Q. 2Phillipa's husband, Manuel, is worried about her plan to return to full-time employment when their baby is 6 months old. He is afraid that there will be a negative effect on the baby's attachment to her mother.
Phillipa suggests that she and Manuel discuss the pros and cons of day care with a counselor. What would a well-informed counselor advise this couple?
a. If Phillipa continues to provide sensitive, responsive care when she is with the baby, and if the day care is good quality, then the baby should still form a secure attachment to Phillipa.
b. No matter how good the mothers' care or the day care is, leaving the baby in day care each day will put the baby at high risk for forming an insecure attachment to her mother.
c. As long as the day care quality is good, even if Phillipa is too tired and busy to be responsive and sensitive, the baby should form a secure attachment to her mother.
d. There is no reliable information available to counselors that would help them to advise this couple.
Q. 3Which of the following is not true with regard to the definition of reactive attachment disorder?
a. These children have experienced grossly inadequate care in the early years.
b. These children behave indifferently, like avoidantly attached youngsters.
c. These children often show indiscriminant friendliness toward strangers instead of more typical caution.
d. These children may develop later attachments, given their exposure to nurturant caregivers, but the process is more difficult and not assured in every case.
Q. 4Ensuring that services offered to stakeholder groups are truly effective is a(n)
a. benefit of accountability.
b. requirement of most group leaders.
c. ethical responsibility of group leaders.
d. All of the above.
Q. 5Therapist: It's not right for people to treat each other like that. So let's see how you can be different so you don't continue to engage in behavior like that. This therapist has demonstrated which pitfall of therapy?
a) Being Overresponsible
b) Giving Advice
c) Moralizing
d) Detachment
Q. 6The quality of a children's attachments has been found to affect
a. children's social anxiety, but not their response to stress.
b. whether children achieve major motor milestones.
c. children's temperamental responses.
d. how children respond to new social situations.
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