PSYC 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Psych, Negative Affectivity, Extraversion And Introversion
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Early emotions: fear: appears at 6 mo, peaks at 18 mo, types of fear: Reading emotional cues in others to help determine how to act in a particular situation. Ex. student in class says something weird, students look to professor to see how to interpret it. Emotional regulation: influences on emotional regulation, soothing infant develop a sense of trust and secure attachment to the caregiver. Individual differences in emotional, motor, and attentional reactivity and self- regulation. Easy temperament: handles change and new situations well, positive emotions; about 40% Slow to warm up: low intensity of moods, more negative than easy babies, lower levels of activity. 35% don"t fall into any category: several models exist. Classified temperament based on inhibition; how shy or subdued they are vs. extroversion: rothbart (1981)- psychobiological approach. Regulatory, ability to focus attention on something or control impulses. Extraversion and negative affectivity are reactive, effortful control is regulatory. Research shows that temperament tends to be stable.
