Chpter 7: Socioemotional Development in Infancy Flashcards
Primary emotions
Emotions that are present in humans and other animals, and emerge early in life; examples are joy, anger, sadness, fear, and disgust
Emotion
Feeling, or affect, that occurs when a person is in a state or interaction that is important to him or her. Emotion can be characterized as positive or negative
Self-conscious emotions
Emotions that require self-awareness, especially consciousness and s sense of “me” examples include jealousy, empathy, and embarrassment
Basic cry
A rhythmic pattern usually consisting of a cry, brief silence, a shorter inspiration whistle that is higher pitched than the main cry, and then a brief rest before the next cry
Anger cry
A cry similar to the basic cry, with more excess air forced through the vocal cords
Pain cry
A sudden appearance of a long initial loud cry with our preliminary moaning, followed by breath holding
Reflexive smile
A smile that does not occur in response to external stimuli. It happens during the month after birth, usually during sleep
Social smile
A smile in response to an external stimulus, which, early in development, typically is a face
Stranger anxiety
An infants fear and wariness of strangers; it tends to appear in the second half of the first year of life
Separation protest
An infants distressed reaction when the caregiver leaves
Temperament
An individual’s behavioral style and characteristic way of emotionally responding
Goodness of fit
Refers to the math between a child’s temperament and the environmental demands with which the child must cope
Reciprocal socialization
Socialization that is bidirectional; children socialize parents, just as parents socialize children
Scaffolding
Parents time interactions son that infants’s experience turn taking with the parents
