Chapter 6 - Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood Flashcards
This requires caregivers to supply: responsiveness and balance of loving care in order to develop
Trust
This requires suitable guidance, reasonable choice, and reasonable expectations for impulse control
Autonomy/ greater sense of personal control
Sensitivity to structure and timing of face-to-face interactions appears between
3-4 months
Do children tend to match the feeling tone of the caregiver?
Yes
Reliance on a trusted person’s emotional reactions to appraise an uncertain situation
Social referencing
These self-conscious emotions: shame, embarrassment, guilt, pride and envy appear between the ages
1 and a half to 3 years of age
Awareness of self as separate and unique is required to have
Self-conscious emotions
Adjusting one’s own state of emotional intensity is known as
Emotional self-regulation
When does emotional self-regulation first begin to improve as the brain develops?
Over the first year
Caregivers contribute to childrens’
Self-regulation style
Emotional self-regulation requires
Effortful control
Caregivers teach children
Socially approved ways of expressing feelings
Persistence of temperamental style is influenced by
Child-rearing practices
This is responsible for about half of individual differences and varies with trait and age of individuals studied
Genetic influences
This refers to the nutrition, quality of care-giving, gender stereotyping and role of siblings. There are cultural variations.
Environmental influences