Emotional Development Flashcards
What is emotional awareness
Being aware of ones own internal emotional states
Reacting to emotions of others
Being sensitive to effects of self on others
Adhering to social conventions
Regulating our own emotions
Coping with negative emotions
Why is emotional awareness important
So that we give the appropriate emotional expression, understanding and empathy for effective communication and socialisation
What would be difficult without emotional awareness
Long lasting relationships and fit in social situations
What emotional difficulties does someone with ASD suffer with
Emotion understanding, expression and recognition difficulties
What do the emotional difficulties in ASD lead to
Difficulty with social functioning and relationship formation
What is alexithymia
Difficulties in effectively describing one’s own internal emotional experience associated with difficulties in empathy
What were the basic / primary emotions that Darwin suggested in 1872
Happiness, anger, disgust, sadness, fear and surprise
What is the general agreement about positive emotions and when they are first expressed
General agreement that positive emotions are expressed in response to positive events at a young age
What type of emotion is there less agreement on when it develops
Negative emotion expression which matches underlying states
Who found that infants as young as 12 days old copy facial expressions
Meltzoff and Moore 1977
At how many days did Meltzoff and Moore 1977 and babies copy facial expressions
12
At what age can infants discriminate between the emotional expression of others according to Cannon 1988
4-5 months
What did Haviland and Lelwicka 1987 find
10 week olds response with happy angry facial expressions when their mothers are happy or angry
Who conducted the study were babies crawled over the visual cliff box
Gibon and Walk 1960
What did Gibbon and Walk 1960 have the mothers do as the baby crawled over the box
1/2 happy if near edge
1/2 angry if near edge
What was the take away conclusion from Gibon and Walk 1960
That babies use social referencing
Is there evidence for innate expressions and understating of emotions early in development
Yes
What is appropriate expression and understanding of others emotions important for
Communication
What are the two types of empathy
Affective empathy
Cognitive empathy
Define affective empathy
Ability to react implicitly to others emotions; automatically feel distressed yourself.
Define cognitive empathy
Ability to understand others emotions and where they occur; ToM
What level of empathy do those with ASD have
Lack cognitive empathy
Dont lack effective empathy
What condition has a lack of affective empathy
Psychopathy
What did Dunn 1988 find out about empathy
Toddlers attempt to comfort siblings in distress
Deliberate teasing and hurting