Chapter 7

Published: July 8, 2007, 10:52 pm

Many infants experience stranger anxiety and separation anxiety during their early months. Stranger anxiety is shown when infants come into contact with an unfamiliar person. This can been seen by a sudden change in emotions from smiling to frowning, turns away or stares in suspicion at the stranger. I think that even though this chapter is discussing infancy, many older children and even adults can experience stranger anxiety just as easily as an infant. I know a lot of older teenagers and young adults who really don’t like talking to people they don’t know and feel very uncomfortable when they’re in social situations with strangers. Separation anxiety occrus when the infant’s customary care giver leaves. This can happen because the infant does not know where their parent/guardian went or when they will return. Both of these anxieties involve development in the cognitive and social areas. I think how the infants respond and react to the strange and new

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