PSYCH 2410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Longitudinal Study, Facial Action Coding System, Relate
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Emotional development: delay of gratification, basic emotions, components of emotions. Modern views of emotional development: discrete emotions theory, undifferentiated emotion, functionalist approach. About 1/3 of the kids ate the candy right away. Some wait a bit longer, 1/3 waited up to 20 minutes for the experimenter to return. The kids that waited used strategies to distract themselves, like . Talking to themselves, singing, sleeping, making up games to play. Look and the bell or the candy. Able to delay gratification is a fundamental skill. Predicts future social, emotional, and academic competence (far better than is predicted by iq) When followed up on 10 years later. Kids who waited: better in social and academic competence, verbal fluency, rational thinking, attentiveness, making and sticking to plans, able to deal with frustration. Waited longest: socially competent, playful, self- regulated, higher self-esteem: emotional intelligence as a predictor of success.
