Ch. 12 - Emotional Development, Temperament, and Attachment Flashcards
What are basic emotions?
The set of emotions, present at birth or emerging early in the first year, that some theorists believe to be biologically programmed
What are complex emotions?
Self-conscious or self-evaluative emotions that emerge in the second year and depend, in part, on cognitive development
What are emotional display rules?
Culturally defined rules specifying which emotions should or should not be expressed under which circumstances
What is emotional self-regulation?
Strategies for managing emotions or adjusting emotional arousal to an appropriate level of intensity
What is social referencing?
The use of others’ emotional expressions to infer the meaning of otherwise ambiguous situations
What is empathy?
The ability to experience the same emotions that someone else is experiencing
What is temperament?
A person’s characteristic modes of responding emotionally and behaviourally to environmental events, including such attributes as activity level, irritability, fearfulness, and sociability
What is behavioural inhibition?
A temperamental attribute reflecting a tendency to withdraw from unfamiliar people or situations
What is an easy temperament?
Temperamental profile in which the child quickly establishes regular routines, is generally good-natured, and adapts easily to novelty
What is a difficult temperament?
Temperamental profile in which the child is irregular in daily routines and adapts slowly to new experiences, often responding negatively and intensely
What is a slow-to-warm-up temperament?
Temperamental profile in which the child is inactive and moody and displays mild passive resistance to new routines and experiences
What is the ‘goodness-of-fit’ model?
Thomas and Chess’s notion that development is likely to be optimized when parents’ child-rearing practices are sensitively adapted to the child’s temperamental characteristics
T or F: Shyness, or behavioural inhibition, describes children who adapt well to unfamiliar people, settings, or toys.
False
T or F: Uninhibited children display temperamental attributes that are valued more highly in Asian than in Western societies
True
The infant’s capability for _______ is thought to be necessary for the development of all complex emotions.
self-recognition or self-evaluation
The infant’s ________ are communicative signals that affect the behaviour of caregivers
Emotional expressions
The child’s capability for ________ is necessary for the child to comply with emotional display rules
Emotional self-regulation
Shandra would like her son, Alex, to grow up with a strong prosocial attitude, including concern and empathy for others. When she discovers that Alex has hit another boy in his preschool class, she strongly reprimands Alex by saying, ‘Alex, it is wrong to hit! It hurts other people’s feelings. You need to go over and apologize and give that boy a hug.’ This type of reaction from Shandra is likely to make Alex feel _______ but not __________.
Guilty; Shameful
What is attachment?
A close emotional relationship between two persons, characterized by mutual affection and a desire to maintain proximity
What are synchronized routines?
Generally harmonious interactions between two persons in which participants adjust their behaviour in response to the partner’s feelings and behaviours