Emotional Development Flashcards
emotion
rapid appraisal of the personal significance of the situation
functionalist approach
emotions to energize behavior aimed at attaining personal goals
basic emotions
universal in humans
social smile
parents’ communication evoked
stranger anxiety
fear to unfamiliar adults
secure base
familiar caregiver
self-conscious emotions
involves injury or enhancement of sense of self
self-regulation
strategies used to adjust emotional state to a comfortable level of intensity
problem-centered coping
appraise the situation as changeable, identify the difficulty, decide what to do about it
emotion-centered coping
internal, private and aimed at controlling distress when little can be done about an outcome
emotional display rules
specify when where and how it is appropriate to express emotions
social referencing
relying on another person’s emotional reaction to appraise an uncertain situation
empathy
involves a complex interaction of cognition and affect: the ability to detect different emotions, to take another’s emotional perspective, and to feel with that person, or respond emotionally in a similar way
prosocial / altruistic
actions that benefit another person without any expected reward for the self
sympathy
feelings of concern or sorrow for another’s plight
temperament
early-appearing stable differences in reactivity and regulation
effortful control
capacity to voluntarily suppress a dominant response in order to plan and execute a more adaptive response
goodness-of-fit model
explain how temperament and envionrment can produce favorable outcomes
attachment
strong, affectionate tie we ahve with special people in our lives that leads us to experience pleasure
ethological theory of attachment
infant’s emotional tie as an evolved response
separation anxiety
becoming upset when trusted caregive leaves
internal working model
set of expectations about the availablity of attachment figures, their likelihood of providing support and self’s interaction
strange situation
laboratory technique for assessing the quality of attachment
attachment q-sort
suitable for children between 1-4 years, dependent on home observations
sensitive caregiving
responding promptly, consistently and appropriately to infants
interactional synchrony
separates the experiences of secure from inseucre babies; emotioanl dance in which caregivers respond to infant signals
developmentally appropriate practice
specify program characteristics that meed developmental and individual needs of young children
