Lecture 11 Flashcards
Emotion
feeling that occurs when a person is in a
state or interaction that is important to self and well-being
Emotional Development
Classified as positive or negative and plays important role in: communication with others and behavioral organization
Emotion-linked interchanges
Provide the foundation for infant’s developing attachment to the parent
Primary Emotions
present in humans and other animals and emerge early in life
ex. joy, sadness, fear, surprise
Self-conscious emotions
require self-awareness, especially consciousness and
a sense of “me.”
Basic cry
Rhythmic pattern usually consisting of: a cry, brief silence, shorter inspiratory whistle that is higher pitched than the main cry, brief rest before the next cry
Anger cry
variation of the basic cry, with more excess air forced
through the vocal cords.
Pain cry
sudden long, loud cry followed by breath holding
Reflexive smile
smile that does not occur in response to external stimuli
Social smile
in response to an external stimulus
Stranger anxiety
fear and wariness of strangers, appears during the second half of the first year of life
Separation protest
distressed crying when the caregiver leaves(peaks
at 15 months)
Emotional regulation and coping
Infants develop ability to inhibit, or minimize, the intensity and duration of emotional reactions.
Caregivers’ actions and contexts influence emotional regulation.
Soothing a crying infant helps infant develop an adaptive emotion regulation, a sense of trust and secure attachment to caregiver.
Infants with negative temperaments have fewer regulation strategies.
Depressed mothers rock and touch their crying infants less.
Temperament
How quickly an emotion is shown, how strong, how this emotion lasts, how quick it fades
Easy child
generally in a positive mood.
Quickly establishes regular routines in infancy
Adapts easily to new experiences
Difficult child
reacts negatively and cries frequently
Engages in irregular daily routines
Slow to accept change
Slow-to-warm-up child
low activity level
Somewhat negative
Displays a low intensity of mood
Temperament Classification
Kagan’s Behavioral Inhibition
Focused on differences between shy, subdued, timid child and sociable, extraverted, bold child
Consider shyness with strangers as a feature of temperament category called “inhibition to the unfamiliar”
Inhibition begins between 7-9 months with initial avoidance and distress as reactions to unfamiliarity
Inhibition seen beyond 2-3 years may corollate to social
phobia and development of social anxiety
Rothbart and Bates’s classification (2006)
Extraversion/surgency indicated by activity, laughter
Negative affectivity indicated by sadness, discomfort
Effortful control important indicator for self-regulation