Chapter 7 Flashcards
_____ is evoked by viewing human faces at __ weeks
Social smile 6 weeks:
____ is often associated with curiosity
Laughter 3 to 4 months
______ starts at 6 months and is healthy response to frustration
Anger
______ indicates withdrawal and is accompanied by increased production of cortisol ans is stressful for infants
Sadness
This emotion emerges at about 9 months in response to people, things, or situations
Fear
Where infant no longer smiles at any friendly face but cries or looks frightened when an unfamiliar person moves too close
Stranger wariness
Tears, dismay, or anger when a familiar caregiver leaves. Passed 3 its an emotional disorder.
Separation anxiety
Name the age of these emotions:
- Anger and fear become less frequent and more focused
- Laughing and crying become louder and more discriminating
- New emotions appear: pride, shame, embarrassment, guilt
- Requires an awareness of other people
- Emerge from family interactions, influenced by the culture
Toddler’s
The realization that one’s body, mind, and actions are separate from those of other people.
Self-awareness
Name the age:
Infants have no sense of self; may see themselves as part of their mothers.
4 months
Name the age:
Begin to develop an awareness of themselves as separate from their mothers.
5 months:
Classic experiment : Babies aged 9–24 months looked into a mirror after a dot of rouge had been put on their noses. 12 month olds did not notice. 15- to 24-month-olds showed self-awareness by touching their own noses.
Mirror Recognition
The Classic experiment of Mirror Recognition was done by _______.
(M. Lewis & Brooks, 1978)
Emotional Self-regulation is directly connected to maturation of the ____ _____ ____.
anterior cingulate gyrus
- Particular people begin to arouse specific emotions
- Toddlers get angry when teased by an older sibling or react with fear when entering the doctor’s office.
- Memory triggers specific emotions based on previous experiences.
Are all examples of _____ _____-________.
Emotional Self-Regulation
What regulates various bodily functions and hormone production?
Hypothalamus
What happens to and infant’s Hypothalamus when stressed?
It grows slower
What is this form of chronic stress…?
Excessive stress in infants must be prevented
to prevent long-term effects on a child’s emotional development
Abuse
The following three ways to prevent stress on and infant or child.
- ) supporting new moms
- ) involving new fathers
- ) strengthening parents’ relationship
Infant: boundaries between sensory parts of the cortex are less distinct. _______ is when one sense triggers another in the brain
Synesthesia
_____-______ ________ is basis for early social understanding, infant associates textures with vision, sounds with smells, own body with the bodies of others
Cross-modal perception
________ of ________ is infant’s cry can be triggered by pain, fear, tiredness, or excitement; laughter can turn to tears and unpredictable because of the way infants’ brains are activated.
Synesthesia of emotions
Inborn differences between one person and another in emotions, activity, and self-regulation. Coming from genes but affected by child-rearing practices
Temperament
The N.Y. Longitudinal Study found 4 categories of temperament
Easy (40%)
Difficult (10%)
Slow to warm up (15%)
Hard to classify (35%)