PSYC 2450 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Parenting Styles, Emotion Classification, Cognitive Development

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2450
• Professor: Carol Anne Hendry

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Displaying emotions: the development (and control) of emotional expressions. Basic emotions: set of emotions present at birth/emerging in the first year some theorists believe this to be biologically programmed (ie: anger, sadness, joy, surprise, fear) Complex emotions: self-conscious or self-evaluate emotions that emerge in second year dependent on cognitive development (ie: embarrassment, shame, guilt, envy, pride) Emotional display rules: culturally defined rules specifying which emotions should or should not be expressed under which circumstances. Emotional self regulation: making sure your emotional intensity is appropriate for the circumstance it"s given in. Girls are both motivated and skilled at complying with display rules than boys. Social referencing: the use of others expressions to infer the meaning of an ambiguous situation. Temperament: a person"s characteristic modes of responding emotionally and behaviourally to environmental events (including activity level, irritability, fearfulness, sociability) Different stages in infant temperament: fearful distress, irritable distress, positive affect, activity level, attention span/persistence, rhythmicity (refer to pg.