PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Carroll Izard, Twin Study, Rebar
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Emotions are: subjective reactions to the environment, usually experienced cognitively as either pleasant or unpleasant, generally accompanied by some form of physiological arousal, often communicated to others by some behaviour or action. Has a wide variety of functions in live of children: means of letting others know how we feel, our success in communicating our emotions and learning to interpret other"s emotions = our social success. Just as we have intellectual or cognitive intelligence, we develop emotional intelligence as well. Children who are excessively sad and despondent = develop other problems: poor concentration and withdrawal from social interaction w/ others. In extreme cases: child"s self worth deteriorates. Children reared in environments that are emotionally and socially depriving. E. g. , orphanages = develop later problems w/ management of stress and anxiety. Difficulty moderating their reactions to stress = heightened levels of cortisol (biological marker of stress response)
