PSYC 3450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cognitive Development, Joint Attention, Psych

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3450
• Professor: Karl Hennig

Document Summary

Two views of emotions: discrete view emphasizes internal factors (ex. cognitive appraisal, introspection of internal physiological reactions) Psych3450 social and personality development: functionalist view emphasizes the skillful interactions with the world signalling (crying = help me) less on internal-individual aspects. At 1 month: still positive-negative no discrete emotions. Research paradigms (control over physical and social objects) contingency (kicking studies), blank face studies. Contingency studies baby kicking with the mobile. Infant laughs likely more of pleasure reflex (ex. full stomach) Big smiled get reserved for familiar others: social smile (appears 6-7 weeks) Increasingly social with age, by 6-7 months reserved for familiar companions. Research paradigms mirror rouge task (self-recognition) Cognitive development self-awareness, rule-awareness (behaviour x is bad/good) Cognitive development creates secondary or self-conscious emotions. Self-awareness brings self-conscious emotions such as pride, guilt, shame (some distinguish) Birth emotional contagion (some controversy around what very young infants can and cannot do)