PSY 324 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Tantrum, Prosocial Behavior, Multisystemic Therapy
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Children typically have self-recognition: the understanding of themselves as a physically unique being. Rapid gains in emotion regulation: more varied and flexible. More intensive emotional reactions when used to communicate, versus alone. How we evaluate ourselves, and feelings associated with those self-evaluations. Some self-judgments in early childhood, such as ability to learn and make friends, but much more understanding in middle childhood. For children, overall self-esteem, then four broad categories (supported by factor analysis): academic competence, social competence, physical/athletic competence, physical attractiveness. For adolescence, 3 new categories added: close friendships, romantic appeal, job competence. Infants are attracted to pleasant stimulation, and withdraw from unpleasant stimulation: emotional reactions are developed over time due to our history with reinforcement and punishment (operant conditioning) associated with different stimuli and events. Emotional expression formed through shaping by imitating models (creates emotional display rules): continues to develop through life.
