PSYCH 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: New York Law School, Egocentrism, Attachment In Adults
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Classnotes 8 (chapter 8: psychosocial development the first 3 yrs of life) Key terms here: still-face or stony-face paradigm, ekman"s six universal facial emotions, self-conscious vs. self-awareness. Baby"s perception of emotion assuming babies get info from face. Mom is still face (no expression: 3. Baby attempts to get re-engaged mom: 4. 6 universal emotions: happy, fear, anger, sad, disgust, surprise. Its easy for us to read these emotions. Universal (evolutionary) old and not culturally bound. Reliable and valid way of interpreting intentions of others. Crying: hunger, anger, frustration, pain, by 6 months of age universal emotions are in place. Self conciousness: peaks in adolescence, embarrassment, envy. Self-awareness: a cognitive understanding of a recognizable and separate identity from rest of world, 15-24 months, beginning of empathy and moving away from egocentrism (towards allocentrism) Key words here: self-awareness studies, primate self-awareness (gallup), mirror test (parts one and two; rouge test); implications of mirror tests.
