Lecture 8

Question 1

3 Ways in which Children attain/develop emotion

Answer 1

1) emotional contagion
2) Recognition of emotion in others facial expressions
3) Social referencing

Question 2

2 Main Characteristics of Rothbart’s Model of Temperament

Answer 2

1) Reactivity

2) Self-regulation

Question 3

5 Components of Reactivity

Answer 3

1) activity level
2) attention span/persistence
3) fearful distress
4) irritable distress
5) positive affect

Question 4

Genetic/hereditary influences on temperament

Answer 4

ethnicity/gender responsible for about half of individual differences

Question 5

3 Environmental influences on temperament

Answer 5

1) cultural caregiving styles
2) differential treatment of sexes
3) emphasis on sibling differences

Question 6

Goodness-of-Fit Model

Answer 6

how temperament and environment can together produce favourable outcomes

Question 7

5 Factors which affect Bowlby’s Attachment Theory

Answer 7

1) early availability of consistent caregiver
2) quality of caregiving (sensitive caregiving, interactional synchrony)
3) infant characteristics
4) family circumstances
5) parents internal working models