CH 7.1: Emotions Flashcards
3 components of emotion
facial expression/overt behaviour, physiological responses and subjective feelings
the universality of emotional expression suggests that humans might be ________ _______ to express basic emotions in certain ways
biologically programmed
findings indicate that facial expressions are a reliable indicator of a baby’s emotional state by what age?
6 months
an infant’s primary two ways of expressing pleasure when seeing another person?
smiling and cooing
around what age do infants decide if certain things are funny?
5-8mo
stranger wariness and when it starts to show
an infant’s first sign of showing fear; they are fearful around unknown people; around 6mo
what 3 factors influence how anxious a baby feels around strangers?
-familiarity of environment
-stranger’s behaviour
-attachment to other adults
which two negative emotions are pretty rare in young babies?
anger and fear
examples of complex emotions and when they start to emerge
guilt, embarrassment and pride; 18-24 mo
2 main differences b/w basic and complex emotions (cognition and biology based)
-complex emotions require a sophisticated level of cognition
-basic emotions are more biologically-based
at what age can infants start discriminating facial expressions in others?
around 6mo
we think some infants can recognize emotions in others at an early age because some will….
match their emotions to the adult’s emotions
when do babies become really good at matching negative emotions to events?
around 2yrs; they do better when learning from 2+ people interact rather than 1 person alone
social referencing
when babies look to a trusted caregiver in an unfamiliar situation
social referencing shows that infants rely on what?
the emotions of caregivers to help them regulate their own emotions
