chapter 17 Flashcards
Describe the Broad-to-differentiated hypothesis of children’s emotional development. Be sure to explain how their emotions start out, and how their emotions change, as they get older.
-The broad-to-differentiated hypothesis theorizies that emotion concepts are acquired gradually and change over the course of childhood until they reach adulthood taxonomy
-Taxonomy - This is when an individual is in their final adult form. Their emotion concepts then vary as a function of language and culture
-Initial emotion concepts are broad and valance based (for example: this feels good, this feels bad)
-Children gradually differentiate within these broad initial concepts by linking the components (such as consequences, facial expressions, behaviors) of each specific emotion. So eventually over the span of several years, the adult taxonomy is acquired.
An emotion concept can be thought of as a script
-No component is the basis of all scripts, rather any component may be the basis of each script (behaviors such as laughing, crying, yelling ; facial expressions such as smiling vs not smiling ; or a primitive theory of mind such as when people get what they want they are happy)
what emotions are children first able to identify
Basic emotions: anger, sadness, and happiness
What emotions can they identify later?
Similar to the broad-to-differentiated model, children’s concepts of emotions develop over time. As children age, they are able to identify more complex emotions such as embarrassment, disgust, and envy.
