PSYC18H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Facial Action Coding System, Emotional Expression, Emotion Classification
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Slide 3 parent-child relationships are the foundation for: Skills that you presumably build with primary caregivers are skills that you take to the real world. The hope is that what you learn at home will be applied adaptively to life. If things go well child hopefully builds emotional competence set of skills that are hopefully the goal of emotional development. Meta-cognitive skills: thinking about thinking, reflecting on own psychology; own mental activity. Theory-of-mind: ability to attribute mental states to others, the child is able to understand that their beliefs and knowledge are different than that of others. Emotional intelligence: recognizing and controlling own emotions, responding to emotions of others. First step when a child realizes that they are an emotional being. Slide 4 this skill set starts being built in childhood. Emotion is the key to skill acquisition!! Emotional expressions are the first language between parents and children. Emotions allow parents and children to bond.
