Emotional Development Flashcards
Emotional development involves expressing, recognizing, and controlling emotions (know the overall trends and key milestones and peaks)
oSocial smiles
oSeparation anxiety
oFear
oDelay of gratification
Self regulation strategies can be taught
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Key milestones in emotional development
o Recognizing emotions
o Expressing emotions
o Emotional regulation
Emotional intelligence
o How well you can interpret others feelings
o Set of abilities key for social functioning
• Motivate oneself and persist
• Control impulses and delay gratification
• Understand one’s and other’s feelings
• Self-regulation (mood, expression of emotion)
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delay of gratification
when you can wait to do something (eat something, open something)
Kids can be taught to use strategies for self regulation
truth
Delay of gratification in early childhood is positively related to later outcomes
truth