TCH 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Social Emotions, Solitude, Acculturation
5 Dec 2018
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Chapter 8 - Emotional Development
October 16, 2018
Emotion
• A natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with
others.
• A subjective reaction to an important event(s) involving:
o Physiological change (heart rate, brain activity, hormone levels)
o Readiness to act
o Appraisal (or interpretation of the event)
Basic Emotions
• Izard claims these are innate and appear within the first months after birth.
1. interest
2. joy/happiness
3. sadness
4. anger
5. disgust
6. fear
Social Emotions
• Emerge in the first few years of life
• More complex than basic emotions
o Envy (1 ½ -2 years)
o Embarrassment (2 years)
o Shame (2 ½- 3 years)
o Guilt
o Pride
Age Trends in Understanding Emotions
• At age 2-3 children can label basic emotions
With age:
o children talk more about emotions
o use more emotion labels
o read emotions more accurately
o Teens are not necessarily more empathic than young children
Emotion Regulation—connect to executive function skills
• Ability to control one’s emotions
Document Summary
Izard claims these are innate and appear within the first months after birth: interest, joy/happiness, sadness, anger, disgust, fear. Social emotions: emerge in the first few years of life, more complex than basic emotions, envy (1 -2 years, embarrassment (2 years, shame (2 - 3 years, guilt, pride. Age trends in understanding emotions: at age 2-3 children can label basic emotions. With age: children talk more about emotions, use more emotion labels, read emotions more accurately, teens are not necessarily more empathic than young children. Emotion regulation connect to executive function skills: ability to control one"s emotions. ---girls have earlier regulation skills; also better at hiding emotions: ability to alter intensity and duration of emotions in order to meet goals. Problem-focused coping strategies *page 324: action orientated try to change the situation. Example: bad test grade leads to studying more. Example: bad test grade leads to complaining to friend and not changing study habits.
