Lecture 8 - Emotional Development Flashcards
What is emotion?
Affective state with a specific object
What is affect?
Positive/negative state that can be more or less intense
What is mood?
Diffuse affective state that either has no object o that persists/generalizes beyond its original object
What is subjective well-being?
Happiness > life satisfaction - a person’s cognitive and affective evaluation of own life
Which are the primary emotions we experience after birth?
Contentment, Interest, Distress
What is emotion socialization?
Mother’s respond selectively to babies’ emotions, teaching them to show happy faces more often
At 9 months children are capable of social referencing. What does this mean?
Monitor other’s emotional reactions and use the information to decide how they should feel - imitation
When does cognitive regulation of distress develop?
End of 2nd year
When does emotion regulation improve?
Age 3-4
What is emotional competence a predictor of?
Social competence
Explain the emotional display rules
Cultural rules that are specifying what emotions should (not) be expressed under certain circumstances
What are emotional differences between individualistic and collectivist cultures?
Individualistic - encouraged of expression of emotions,
Collectivist - suppression of self-focused emotions, encouraged to express other-focused emotions
Which stereotypes about emotions during puberty are right? Which are wrong?
True: more extreme and faster fluctuations, more emotionally intense
False: emotionally disturbed, irrational fluctuations
What are the consequences of ineffective emotion regulation?
Decline in academic success, lower moral development, fail to cope with stress, difficulty in peer relations
Emotions in adulthood
Decline then increase in overall well-being, lowest in midlife
