Ch 10

Question 1

Basic emotions

Answer 1

Kids are born with:
interest
Sadness
Disgust
Fear

Question 2

Complex emotions

Answer 2

Self conscious emotions:
Pride
Guilt
Shame
Embarrassment

Early child - 9 years
- have difficulty emotion regulation

Question 3

Social referencing

Answer 3

Infants rely on caregivers for cues to interpret situations

Ex: if moms smiling and happy, I’m smiling and happy

Ex: when ur on a plane with turbulence and you look around to see if anyone is freaking out, and if they are so will you

Question 4

Stranger wariness

Answer 4

6 months:
-Stranger anxiety fear
-they start to realize not every person is someone you can trust

Question 5

Temperaments types

Answer 5

1. Easy
2. Difficult
3. Slow to warm up

Question 6

Where does temperament come from

Answer 6

Nature vs nurture

Question 7

Temperament effected by

Answer 7

-parents behaviour
-genetic effects

Question 8

Temperament influences

Answer 8

• environmental influences**
• school succession
• peer interactions
• depression
• children with positive temperaments are less affected by life stressors

Question 9

Attachment styles

Answer 9

Avoidant
-baby doesn’t get upset when mom leaves
- baby doesn’t rely on parents
- when you become an adult you will have a hard time trusting and relying on them as well

Disorganized
-confused when parent leaves, confused on return
- doesn’t fall in a category
- unpredictable
- usually abused people

Anxious
- upset when rent leaves, angry and inconsolable on return
- “you’re gonna cheat on me” “you’re gonna find someone better”

Secure
- may be upset when parent leaves but stops crying on return

• best types

Question 10

The strange situation experiment

Answer 10

• baby is put thru a series of situations
• parent is a present then absent
• stranger absent then present
• baby reaction = quality of attachment