HD FS 229 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Good Sports, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Asperger Syndrome
4 May 2014
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The way we respond to the world has a consistency across situations. Consistent over time, too: two forms of expression: behaviors and emotions, types of temperaments, thomas and chess: Slow-to-warm-up: 15% - have a lot of energy and are active, but are subdued in emotions; name comes from their reaction to novel situations cautious in new circumstances. **note: percentages are specific to us: they do not describe all children (which is why the percent"s do not add up to 100) Easy-tempered babies are easily distracted from negative experiences/emotions: low on distractibility with negative emotions: not able to focus even with other things going on in the environment. Difficult babies not easily distracted from negative experiences/emotions: approach/withdrawal two ends of a spectrum (either high on one end or the other, high on approach like new experiences. Tends to lead to dare-devil activities: high on withdrawal like things to stay the same; do not like novelty; novelty evokes distress.
