PSYC 420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Frontal Lobe, Attention Span, Longitudinal Study
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5 months: match voice and expressions based on emotion. Use another"s reaction to appraise an uncertain situation. Require awareness of self as independent and unique from others. Adult guidance helps health development of these emotions. Adjusting ones emotional state to a comfortable level to achieve goals. Improves across the first year of life bc brain development (frontal lobe) 2 years: can talk about their feelings, actively try to control emotion (fewer temper tantrums) this development depends on parent influence and interaction. Temperament: early appearing, stable individual difference in reactivity and self-regulation. First studies by thomas and chess in 1956, longitudinal study of 141 children from infancy to adulthood. Found that temperament was tied to psychological probs or protection from negative life events depending. Threshold of responsiveness- intensity of stimulus required to get a response from the infant. Easy- 40% quickly establish routine, cheerful, adapt easily. Difficult- 10% irregular routines, negative/intense reactions, adapt slowly.
