Midterm #2 - Ch.4 Socioemotional Development in Infancy Flashcards
1
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emotion
A
- feeling/affect
- state or interaction important to a person
2
Q
early emotions at what age?
A
- in the first 6 months
3
Q
primary emotions
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- surprise, interest, joy, anger, sadness, fear, disgust
4
Q
self-conscious emotions
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- develop later
- need self awareness
- jealousy, empathy, embarrassment, pride, guilt
5
Q
3 types of crying
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- basic
- anger
- pain
6
Q
basic cry
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- rhythmic pattern
- brief silence
- shorter higher pitched whistle
- could relate to hunger
7
Q
anger cry
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- variation of basic cry
- more excess air forced through vocal cords
8
Q
pain cry
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- sudden, long initial loud cry
- holding breath
- no preliminary moaning
- stimulated by physical pain or high intensity stimuli
9
Q
smiling
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- critical social skill and signal
10
Q
reflexive smile
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- not from external stimulus
- in first month
- can happen during sleep
11
Q
social smile
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- response to external stimulus
- happens at 2 months
12
Q
fear
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- one of the first emotions
- starts at 6 months and peaks at 18 months
- predisposition to threatening stimulus
- connected to stranger anxiety
13
Q
stranger anxiety
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- fear and wariness of strangers
- more intense at 9 months
- depends on social context and characteristics of the stranger
14
Q
social referencing
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- infants can read emotions of others
- how to act in a certain situation
- check with caregiver before acting
15
Q
separation protest
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- crying when caregiver leaves
16
Q
temperament
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- individual differences in behavioural styles, emotions, and characteristic ways of responding
- duration and intensity of emotions
17
Q
easy child
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- positive mood
- establish routines
- adapt easily
18
Q
difficult child
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- negative mood
- cries a lot
- irregular routines
19
Q
slow-to-warm-up child
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- low activity level
- somewhat negative mood
- low intensity mood
20
Q
Kagan’s concept of behavioural inbibition
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- differences between a shy, subdued, timid child, and a sociable, extroverted, bold child
- inhibition to the unfamiliar