Chapter 10: Human Development

I think we all want to know how and why we develop into the people we are today. During this chapter I learned that as babies we are more likely to want comfort than nourishment. Contact comfort: the positive emotions offered not only can make someone happy, but can also offer feelings of safety and protection. In the book they talked about the strange situation experiment. There are four different categories: secure attachment, insecure-avoidant attachment, insecure-anxious attachment, and disorganized attachment. Also described in lecture, I am most likely to be insecure-avoidant attachment, which was when the infant reacts to mom's departure with indifference and shows little reaction on her return. These type of people (avoidant) don't depend on others and take care of themselves. I found the Kohlberg and morality experiment to be very interesting, I know that I determine my morality on postconventional morality. I would break any law to save someones life, life is greater than any stupid law. Also, when it comes to parenting when I get older, I am going to take the authoritative approach, but I also am going to let them learn things on their own. I personally think that kids learn the best from a parent-centered or "hard" approach to parenting.  What do you guys think is the best approach for parenting? Also, the Erikson's model of Idenity: the Idenity Crisis is a unique concept to everyone's individual idenity. I think it is correct for some, but not all. I do not believe that everyone goes through all 8 stages.