PSYC 2110 Study Guide - Final Guide: Emotional Security, John Bowlby, 18 Months

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2110
• Professor: Gillian Wu

Document Summary

Ask raters what emotion baby is experiencing reveals that different adults observing the same expression see the same. Basic emotions: set of emotions at birth or early 1st year biologically programmed. 0-2 years: babies show interest, distress, disgust, contentment. 2-7 months: anger, sadness, joy, surprise, fear. Complex emotions: self-conscious/self-evaluative emotions in 2nd year & depend on cognitive development. 3 years: child shows pride & shame. Preschoolers: embarrassment when they fail to achieve evaluative embarrassment stems from negative evaluation of one"s performance. Self-conscious bc each involves damage/enhancement to our sense of self. Self-evaluative (shame, guilt, pride) require: 1) self-recognition (mirror: understanding of rules for evaluating one"s conduct. Emotional display rules: cultural rules specifying which emotions should be expressed in given situation do. Due to mom"s positive emotions expressed, babies tend to display pleasant ones too. Cultural differences: central africa don"t engage in face-to-face like we.