Chapter 7 - Social and Emotional Devel. Flashcards
each basic emotion consists of what 3 elements
subjective feeling
psychological change
overt behaviour
pride, guilt and embarrassment is what type of emotion
complex
whats the difference between complex and basic emotions
complex emotions have an evaluative component to them
-also not expressed the same way in all cultures
in children and adults, what happens in brian when happy
left frontal cortex of brian tends to have more electrical acitivty then the right frontal cortex
by 5 to 6 months, infants facial expressions change in what way
predictably and meaningdully in response to events
when are facial expressinos fairly reliable indicators of an infants emotional state
middle of first year
what are social smiles and when does this start to occur
smiling in response to seeing another human face
-2 months
at about 4 months, smiling is joined by what whne parents are clowning
laughter
at 4 months, infants primarily laugh at what
novelty, social context and salience of others emotions
between 5 and 8 months, infants are more what when it comes to laughter
able to independently figure out what kinds of things are funny
earliest development of possitve feeligns are linked to what
physical states, such as feeling full or being tickled
when children become angry when their attempts to achieve a goal are not met, this reflects their growing understanding of what
goal directed behaviour
when do the first disntinct signs of fear emerge
6 months, become wary in the presence of unfamiliar adults
infants tend to be less fearful of strangers when what
environment is familiar
amount of infant anxiety depends on what when it comes to baby interacting with stranger
the strangers behaviour
-should talk to parent first for a bit instead of rushing toward baby
-offer a toy mayb
-will make baby curious about stranger instead of fearful
stranger wariness relates to what concept in child development
attachment
stranger anxiety is adpative because what
emerges at same time that children begin to master creepign and crawling
-provides a natural restraint against tendency to wander away from familiar caregivers
when does wariness of strangers gradually decline and why
during second year
-learn to interpret facial expressions and become better at recognizing when a stranger is friendly
when do complex emotions emerge
18 to 24 months, after basic emotions
what do complex emotions depend on
childs reflexive understanding of the self
basic emotions are more what based compared to complex emotions
biologically based
by 6 or 7 months children begin to distinguish what when it comes to emotions
that different facial expressions
are associated with different emotions
what gender is more accurate at recognixing adults facial expressions of emotions
baby girls
infants often match their own emotions to what
other peoples emotions
infants look longer at happy and angry faces when what
happy - hear happy sounding talk
angrt - hear angry soundgin talk
babies have difficulty matching what when it comes to emotions
the correct emotion to the correct situation
a baby would study an expression of sadness over hapiness true or false
false
what is social referencing
looking at a trusted caregiver for clues about how to react to a situation
when parents looked afraid, what emotions would a child show
afraid as well
when infants saw an adult express happiness when looking inside one box but disgust when looking inside another, which box would the infant be more likley to loo inside
the box of hapiness
what 2 things provide infants with enough info to decide whether they want to explore an unfimiliar object
facial or vocal expressions
infants form expectations of other people based onw hat
how those people have responded to them in previous situations
the more infants understand about causal relations between events in the world the more they will what
socially reference adults reactions to those events
children who grow up with poor caregiver models of emotion and behaviour regulation could be at risk for wha
themselves developing poort strategies for emotion and behaviour regulation
when something frightens or confuses and infant they will often what to regulate their emotions
look away, move closer to parent
how do infants typically respond to frustration
by scanning their environemnt and less frequently physical acting out
infants who are more easily frustrated demonstrate what 2 things
less adaptive responding
-more likly to kick or bang thigns
less easily distracted compred to those who are less easily frustrated
when does emotional regulation being
in infancy
emotion regulation appears to be mediated by what areas of the brain
prefrontal cortex in frontal lobe
-exert control over other areas of the brain
areas of the frontal lobe in children who tend to internalize emotions are
typically more sensitive to anxiety then brains of children who externalize emotion
impact of genetic presdisposition when it comes to emotional regulation appears to be greater when what
occurs in a context of insensitive parenting, abusive or neglectful environments or otehr engative family contexts
when it comes to emotions, research points to evidence of a relatinship between marital conflict and what
infant emotional withdrawl
according ot bowlby, chidlren who form an attachment to an adult are more likely to what
survive
if by 3 months of age a mother does not interact with her alert baby what happens
baby becomes moderatly distressed, looking away from her and sometimes crying
how does an infant formign an attachment with a caregiver show important cognitive growth
means infant has a mental representation fo the mother, and understanding that she will be there to meet infants needs
what is an internal working model
set of expectations about parents availability and responsivitiy generally and in times of stress
when fathers engage in physical active play with babies, they have an impact on what and why
childrens ability ot regulate emotion
-physically active play often exposes children to intense emotional experiences
moderate amounts of physically active play are associated with what but too much or too little is associated with what and is especially true for whay kind of children
positive outcomes in terms of emotional regulation
-not well balanced; worse outcomes
-those are ten to be more emotionally reactive to situations
given opportunitiy to play with mother or fathers who do children chose
fathers
when children are distressed what parent do they seek
mother
fathers who could identify the smell of thier children showed what
more attachment and affection toward their childre
-fewe ignoring behaviours in comparison to those who could not