A Cognitive View of Attachment Assumes That

question 86

Multiple Choice

A cognitive view of attachment assumes that

• A) attachment will assist in developing the child's cognitive skills.
• B) attachment and cognitive skills are unrelated.
• C) some understanding of object permanence is necessary for specific attachment.
• D) infant-specific attachments will occur as soon as the child can recognize faces.

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Definitions:

Organized Whole

A concept in Gestalt psychology that focuses on patterns and relationships between components to form a unified system.

Gestalt

A psychological approach emphasizing the perception of whole figures or patterns rather than the simple sum of parts, under the principle that "the whole is different than the sum of its parts."

Figure-Ground Relationship

A concept in visual perception where the viewer separates an object (the figure) from its surrounding area (the ground) to focus their attention and interpret images.

Visual Cliff

A laboratory device for testing depth perception in infants and young animals.