This chapter talks about the children's reactions reflect two related aspects of personality development during the first two years: close ties to others a sense of self. Also, this chapter will begin with Erikson's psychosocial theory, which provides an overview of infant and toddler personality development.
1. One significant learning I wanted to talk about for this chapter is the importance of 'measuring the security of attachment'. I wanted to talk about the security of attachment because the class was able to act and share their experiences with all five attachment styles. The one that my group and I did for the attachment style is the 'Avoidant attachment'. The textbook defines this attachment as "these infants seem unresponsive to the parent when she is present. When she leaves, they usually are not distressed, and they react to the stranger in much the same way as the parent. During reunion, they avoid or are slow to greet the parent. During reunion, they avoid or are slow to greet the parent, and when picked up, they open fail to cling" (Berk 2008). This attachment can have its pros and cons as a parents and a child.
2. Learning about the different attachment is highly important. As a future educator and also a future parent, I want to know what kind of attachment style my child has. I say this because it will be much easier to know what kind of attachment style each student has; for that, the adults will know how to identify and know how to handle each student according to their behavior and attachment style. As a future parent, I would want to know what is going on in my child's life from when they are born, to when they are grown up. Since, my group and I demonstrated the "avoidant attachment style", I can say that this is probably one of the easiest child to handle among the rest. I wanted to mention once again what avoidant attachment style is. When the child is with his or her parent, they don't really cling to them as much because they know that they are around the room with them. Also, when the parent leaves the child, the child does not cry or cling to the parent only because they know they will be back. It also goes with a stranger, the child will not react to the stranger because he or she will be comfortable with them. As a future educator, I would want to know how the child is before entering my classroom. As I am pursuing my career in Early Childhood, I would want the parents to tell me how their children react to a new environment, especially to around a stranger.
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