PSYC 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ego Ideal, Social Learning Theory, Veve
21 Apr 2013
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Identified 9 temperamental dimensions: activity level, rhymicity, distractability, approach withdrawal, adaptability, attention span and persistence, the threshold of responsiveness (how early and how much of stimulus, quality of the mood. 2 tests to get idea of child"s functioning related to temperament. Group means = how the group moves in diff temperament (talking about emotional development) Individual differences = one child is different from another, (it is personality differences) Found certain characteristics cluster together and yield 3 types of children (1) easy kids: 40% - establish quick routines, cheerful, adapt to new situations easily. 35% kids don"t fit any of these categories (show unique lens of temperament) Temperamental stability (maintain over time) = is low to moderate (some, but not exceptionally high, not fixed) Piaget"s emphasis on cognition which limit behavioural approach. Hasn"t been individual work on emotion in a way that is acceptable to contemporary psychologists.
