Emotional Development Flashcards
What is emotion?
A rapid appraisal of the personal significance of a situation, which prepares you for action
What is the functionalist view of emotions?
The purpose of emotions is to inform your behaviour
ex. sadness-> passive withdrawl
when do infants start using emotion
By 2-3 months of age, infants are used to regular excahnge of emotional expression. tehy may not understand the emotions, but they know
What is the still face paradigm?
They bring a baby in a lab in a bouncer
Ask the mother to engage in the typical interactions with the baby
They hear a beep, where they are to put on a still face, and dont show emotion to the baby
They baby experiences a lot of stress
Shows how strong the exchange of emotions is very early on
What are two childhood growth disorders related to emotional deprivation?
Growth faltering
-More emotionally apathetic
Psychological dwarfism
-ages 2-15, have an abnormally short stature
Emotional self reguation
Children need to learn to use strategioes to adjust their emotional arousal to comfortable levels
What is the ferber method?
Sleep techniques used to teach infants to self soothe as early as 4 months
What is reactivity?
Quickness and intensity of emotional arousal, attention, and motor action
what is self regulation?
strategoes used to modify reactovoty
They may be ab;e to calm themselves down easily
What is an “easy child”
40% of children
Relatively cheerful
Adapt easily to new experiences
What is a “difficult child”
10%
Irregular routines
Slow to accept new experiences
React negatively and intensely to novel situations
Tend to be at the highest risk for later adjustment problems
What is a slow to warm up child?
15%
Relatively inactive
Dulled reactions to environmental stimuli
More negative mood and arousal
Hard time adjusting to new experiences
What is mary Rothburts model of temerament
Activity level
Level of gross motor movement
Attention span
How long they can sustain interest
Fearful distress
Distress in response to novelty
Irritable distress
The extent of crying or anger when desires are frustrated
Perhaps you took a toy away from them
Positive affect
Sounds of frequency of happiness and joy
Effortful control
Ability to suppress a dominant reactive response in order to plan a more adaptive response
What is the preattachment phase?
Birth-6 weeks
During this time there is no actual attachmentrelationship, but engaging in innate signals that begin this relationship
what is the attachment in the making phase (6 weeks-7 months)
Activity level
Level of gross motor movement
Attention span
How long they can sustain interest
Fearful distress
Distress in response to novelty
Irritable distress
The extent of crying or anger when desires are frustrated
Perhaps you took a toy away from them
Positive affect
Sounds of frequency of happiness and joy
Effortful control
Ability to suppress a dominant reactive response in order to plan a more adaptive response
