PSY-PC 1250 Study Guide - Final Guide: Classical Conditioning, Systematic Desensitization, Cognitive Development

• School: Vanderbilt University
• Department: Psychology and Human Development
• Course: PSY-PC 1250
• Professor: Professor Jonathan Lane

Document Summary

Reflexive & social smiles, then laughter, then smiles toward familiar people, then making other laugh. General distress, anger or sadness, precise differentiation. Sensitive to facial expressions, limited distinguishing abilities, social referencing, verbally label, identify complex emotions. Identify situations that will elicit happiness, then sadness, then anger, fear or surprise, then understand that certain circumstances lead to complex emotions. Fearfulness, irritability, activity level, attention span, and positive effect. Pre-attachment, attachment-in-the-making, clear-cut attachment, and reciprocal relationships. 1 yr: copy others, 1. 5-2yr: comfort others, 2-3yr: increase, but terrible 2s, onwards: increase. Morality of constraint (0-7), transitional period (7-10), autonomous morality (11+) Conventional (interpersonal expectations, relationships, & conformity; social system & conscience) Postconventional (social contracts or individual rights; universal ethical principles) Hypothesis: aggressiveness would interfere with theory of mind; less reactive, more observant temperament would enhance theory of mind. Sample: 146 children at 3. 5 years and again at 5. 5 years (longitudinal study) Measures: false-belief, parental reports on temperament (shyness/social withdrawal, aggression, fearfulness, perceptual sensitivity)