Chapter 6: Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood Flashcards
In Erikson’s theory, the conflict of toddlerhood, ________________, is resolved favorably when parents provide suitable guidance and reasonable choices.
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
A major component of temperament that involves the capacity to voluntarily suppress a dominant response in order to plan and execute a more adaptive response
Effortful control
Happiness, interest, surprise, fear, anger, sadness, and disgust are examples of
Basic Emotions
____________ is early-appearing, stable individual differences in reactivity and self-regulation.
temperament
in Erikson’s theory, the psychological conflict of basic trust vs mistrust is resolved on the positive side when
the balance of care is sympathetic and loving
Vygotsky believed that complex mental activities have their origin in
social interaction
emotional self-regulation refers to
the strategies children use to adjust their emotional state to a comfortable level of intensity
Shame, guilt, embarrassment, envy and pride are examples of…
self-conscious emotions
At around 8-10 months, infants engage in ___________, the practice of actively seeking emotional information from a trusted person in an uncertain situation
social referencing
During the Strange Situation, a baby who displays secure attachment…
demonstrates that the parent is more comforting than the stranger (but also doesn’t lose their shit ENTIRELY when parent leaves)
The most frequent expression of fear in infants is to unfamiliar adults, a response called…
stranger anxiety
Stranger anxiety is less common in cultures or environments where…
babies are frequently passed from one adult to another
