PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Twin Study, Object Permanence, Dazed
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Primary emotions: fear, joy, disgust, surprise, sadness and interest. Secondary emotions: pride, shame, guilt, jealousy and embarrassment. Emerge later in development and depend on our sense of self and our awareness of other"s reactions to our actions (the middle of 2nd year of life) 3 perspectives on emotional development: the genetic-maturational perspective. Emotions best seen as products of biological factors. Studies of smiling (first smile in twin studies), support this role: the learning perspective. Useful in explaining individual diff in emotional expression. Diff expressions have diff onsets, frequencies and intensities in diff children. Can also elicit and reinforce fear responses: the functionalist perspective. Emotions serve to help us achieve our goals and adapt to our environment. Reflex/simple smiles: in newborns, spontaneous + appear to depend on infants internal state. Stranger distress: a fear of strangers, emerges ~9 months of age. Social referencing: process of reading emotional cues in others to determine how to act in an uncertain situation.
