Discussion Questions

From Chapter 3 of Pathways to Competence: Encouraging Healthy Social and Emotional Development in Young Children, by Sarah Landy, Ph.D.

Copyright © 2002 by Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

Each chapter of Pathways to Competence: Encouraging Healthy Social and Emotional Development in Young Children concludes with a list of discussion questions to use in training professionals. These questions are from Chapter 3.

1. Describe the difference between attachment and bonding.
   
   
2. What is the biological function of attachment?
   
   
3. How are "working models of attachment" formed, and what influence do they have on the child's perception and behavior?
   
   
4. Describe the difference in behavior in the Strange Situation between a child with a secure, avoidant, resistant, or disorganized attachment.
   
   
5. What makes attachment classifications change from secure to insecure or insecure to secure?
   
   
6. Describe some ways in which the stages of development of attachment in infancy and preschool years differ.
   
   
7. Describe some aspects of the environment that lead to secure or insecure attachments.
   
   
8. How may attachment affect an individual's behavior as an adult?
   
   
9. How many attachments is a child likely to have by 12 months of age, and how may they affect development?
   
   
10. How may cultural variations affect attachment classification? What aspects of attachment are likely to be universal, and why?