Wk6 Live Flashcards

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What are the 6 universal emotions?

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Happiness, fear, anger, disgust, sadness, surprise, disgust

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What theory did Darwin propose about emotions and what does it claim?

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Discrete emotion theory - Argues that emotions are discrete from one another very early in life. Each emotion has a specific and distinctive set of bodily and facial reactions.

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What did Darwin believe about why we develop emotions?

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We develop emotions to express our physiological reaction to our environment

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Does Darwin believe that emotions are innate?

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Yes. Expression of emotions is universal. Everyone expresses emotions in the same way, thus development of emotions must be innate.

Children express emotions before they can have had a chance to learn them from the environment.

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Are basic emotions found across cultures?

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Yes, basic emotions can be found in every human independent of their culture.

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What is the functionalist approach to emotional development?

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Emotions function to promote action towards achieving a goal.

For an example, a child might cry when they want something.

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What does the functionalist approach to emotional development emphasise?

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Emphasises the role of the environment in emotional development. Our environment determines how we express emotions.

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How does the functionalist approach differ from Darwin’s Discrete Emotion Theory?

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The functionalist approach maintains that emotions are not discrete from each other and they vary based on the social environment

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What is emotion regulation?

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The ability to manage your emotions so that you function successfully in any given situation (e.g., academic settings and social interactions)

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Is emotion regulation a learnt behaviour?

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Yes. It develops gradually over childhood.

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What are characteristics of children who are more self-aware of their behaviour?

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They have higher levels of emotional regulation.

They are socially competent.

They can form positive peer relationships.

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What can emotional knowledge at 5 years of age predict?

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Social skills and academic competence at 9 years old.

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What is co-regulation?

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When a caregiver provides an infant with comfort or distraction to help the child reduce their stress.

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What age do children begin to regulate their emotions according to parents demands?

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9-12 months

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What does self-comforting behaviour refer to?

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Behaviour used by infants to help regulate their emotion

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What does self-distraction behaviour refer to?

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Behaviour such as when children look away or distract themselves from the upsetting situation/stimulus

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How do children cope with situations as they get older?

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They communicate with language to express their feelings and they use more cognitive strategies to cope with situations that upset them

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What do self-regulation skills include?

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Flexible attention, inhibitory control, managing emotion

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What type of intervention can help teachers teach children how to understand emotions?

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RULER - Helps teachers create a safe environment to teach children to regulate emotions.

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What does RULER stand for?

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Recognising
Understanding
Labelling
Expressing
Regulating
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What does ELSA stand for and what does one do?

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Emotional literacy support assistant - supports the emotional wellbeing of pupils and children that display difficult behaviour

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What are children required to do during tests of emotional competence?

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Children are required to label what emotion is being expressed in various pictures.

Children are told a story and asked what emotion they think the character is feeling.

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What are two theories for the development of emotions?

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Discrete emotion theory (development of emotions is innate)

The functionalist approach (development of emotions is acquired from the environment. Emotions are socially constructed).