socioemotional final Flashcards
basic emotions
happiness, interest, surprise, fear, anger, sadness disgust. these are universal and promote survival
newborn arousal
attraction to pleasant stimuli and withdrawal from unpleasant stimuli
self conscious emotions
higher order emotions involving injury and and enhancement of sense of self. (guilt, shame, pride, embarrassment, envy)
emotions
internal reactions and feelings. can be positive or negative.
crying
infants show distress, they have different types of cries that show different types of distress
pleasure
smiling and staring is first, then smiling around others then laughing and faster information processing
anger
shows as older, increases with intentional behavior
stranger anxiety
starts around 6 months, weariness around strangers
pride
motivates children to do more challenging things
guilt/shame
prompts people to make amends and strive for self improvement. shame can contribute to adjustment problems
pre school (self conscious)
self conscious feelings are linked to self evaluation. parents can promote adaptation by by focusing on improvement and not self worth
middle childhood (self conscious)
pride and guilt come from personal responsibility
prosocial behavior
actions aimed at benefitting others, motivated by empathy
sympathy
feeling sad or sorrow for a friend
empathy
experiencing others feelings promoted by sociable and assertive temperament and secure parent child attachment
emotional understanding 2-3 moths
match tone and feeling of caregiver
emotional understanding 4 to 5 moths
can discriminate a wide range of emotions
emotional understanding 5-6 months
identify facial expressions associated with different emotions
social referencing
8-10 months, seeking emotional information from a trusted person, in an unfamiliar setting they look to others to evaluate safety of the situation
internal states
school age children are more likely to use internal words to describe their feelings
masking feelings
avoid negative outcomes and protect self esteem. fits with norms
emotional competence
preschool, emotional understanding have self conscious emotions, empathy and emotional self regulation, is influenced by parenting
emotional self regulation
strategies that include restricting sensory input, talking to themselves, changing goals and repairing relationships
problem centered coping
appraising the situation as changeable, identifying the difficulty and making a decision
emotion centered coping
private and aimed at controlling distress when nothing can be done about the outcome
emotional self efficacy
when self regulation develops well, children get to this, they are able to be in control of their emotional experience
temperament
early appearing, stable individual differences in reactivity and self regulation, biologically based
reactivity
quickness/intensity of emotional arousal and attention/motor activity
self awareness
after this, leads to efforts to understand others intentions/feelings/desires
categorical self
classifying themselves as on the basis of age / sex / physical appearances
gender typing
increases dramatically in the early years
self concept phase one
observable characteristics/attitudes/possessions/preferences
self concept phase two
abilities/typical behaviors/emotions and attitudes
self concept phase three
personalities/beliefs/values
elaborative reminiscing
focused on childrens internal states is important for their self understanding
Chinese parents (self concept)
emphasizes the impact of misbehavior on others (sense of belonging and obligation to others)
Irirsh-American parents
downplay seriousness attribution transgression to “spunk” and assertiveness
social comparisons
school ages, judgements on appearances, abilities, behavior towards others
self esteem
judgements made about own worth and feelings associated with judgements
pre school self esteem
learning in school, making friends, getting along with caregivers, treating others nice, have to have high self esteem to be able to do all these things
school age self esteem
adjusts to be more realistic, and in the form of 4 different self esteems (academic, social, physical and athletic, physical appearance)
influences on self esteem
culture, gender, ethnicity exposure given different levels of self esteem to their viewers