PSYC 2500H Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dazed, John Bowlby, Attention Span
29 Mar 2017
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At birth babies show interest, distress, disgust, and contentment. 2nd year display complex emotions (self-conscious/evaluative emotions) (shame, guilt) emotional display rules (culturally defined rules specifying which emotions should/nt be expressed under which circumstances) eemotional self-regulation (strategies for managing emotions to an appropriate level of intensity) Emotional display rules age 3 show limited ability to disguise true feelings parents place more pressure on girls to be nice in social situations, girls are both more motivated & more skilled at complying with display rules than boys. Social referencing use of others emotional expressions to infer the meaning of otherwise vague situations: becomes more common with age, in older toddlers is easily interpreted as active info seeking by child. Family conversations that centre on emotional experience can help them achieve better understanding of emotions. Intelligence involves perceiving emotions, facilitating thinking understanding emotions, and managing emotions. A persons characteristic modes of responding emotionally & behaviourally to enviro.
