L33 Psych 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Observational Study, Attention Span, Tantrum
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Social referencing, children being able to recognize people"s emotions. Recognizing others" emotions: differentiating others" emotions 4-6 months, using others" emotions 1 year, social referencing: experiments, still face experiment. Stages in the development of children"s understanding that people can experience multiple emotions simultaneously: children"s understanding of emotions, recognizing of emotions. 5 years a situation can cause a person to experience two different emotions. A situation can cause a person to experience two different emotions that differ in intensity. 8 years a situation can cause a person to feel positively and negatively at the same time. A child could be sad and angry that a best friend is moving away. A child could be very sad and a little angry that a best friend is moving away. A child could be happy and scared about staying home alone. It"s important for us to understand others" emotions.