Ch 6 Flashcards
Generalized Distress Response
More basic attraction to pleasant and withdrawal from unpleasant
- Responses are mostly uncensored and caregivers must help to manage emotions
- Infants
Toddler Distress Responses
More complex and sophisticated
-Emotions are more recognizable
Erikson’s Theory
Ego is in charge of censoring emotion
- Ego is conscious rational part
- Demands on ego vary across culture and life
- Ego must continually alter to meet age-graded changes
Basic Trust vs Mistrust Stage
1st year
-Need responsiveness from sympathetic and loving caregiver
Autonomy vs Shame/Doubt Stage
2nd year
-Need suitable guidance, reasonable choices, and tolerance and understanding from caregiver
First Appearance of Happiness
- Smile from birth
- Social smile 6-10wks
- Laugh 3-4 months
First Appearance of Fear
- Increase in fear second half of 1st year
- Stranger anxiety 8-12 months
First Appearance of Anger
- General Distress from birth
- Anger 4-6 months (increases in intensity and freq in toddlerhood)
Social Referencing
Use caregiver’s reaction to gauge new situations (8-10 months)
Recognize other’s facial expression 4-5 months
Self-Conscious Emotions
Shame, embarrassment, guilt, pride, envy
- Middle of 2nd year
- Children become aware of self as separate and unique
- Need adult instruction
Emotion Self-Regulation
Adjust own state of emotional intensity
- Requires effortful control (voluntary)
- Grows over 1st year with brain development and w/ caregiver help
Parent Contribution to Emotion Regulation (Early Months)
- Lift to shoulder, rock gently, stroke back or head, soft talking, distract and reorient attention
- Initiating face to face play and joint attention to expand tolerance for stimulation
Parent Contribution to Emotion Regulation (4-6 months)
Read kids emotions early and respond w/ sympathy
-Reinforce/model pos emotions and seek caregiver as secure base
Parent Contribution to Emotion Regulation (18mo-2yrs)
Use and encourage emotion related vocab
- When kids don’t get what the want and act up, don’t give in
- Offer distracting alternative
- Later discussion on how to handle adult refusal
Temperament
Epigenetic and early appearing stable individual differences in reactivity and self-regulation