L33 Psych 321 Study Guide - Spring 2019, Comprehensive Final Exam Notes - Developmental Psychology, Intelligence Quotient, Heredity
30 Mar 2019
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Regulating emotions: suppress (mask) or dampen an emotion, show alternative emotion, children can easily modify fear and anger, suppression of happiness is not mastered until the later school years. Temperament: consistent mood and style of behavior not what but how, thomas & chess (1968, 1977, terms to describe aspects of a child"s temperament. Rhythmicity how regular you are (schedule-wise) Adaptability how affected one is by change. Attention span and persistence: determined by first 7 descriptive terms (not threshold or attention span/performance) Unhappy, irregular, intense reactions to novel situations. S, a: results: modest stability, conclusions: modest (weak) support for continuity, rothbart"s theory of temperament, three dimensions. Concentration, paying attention, achieving goals through own efforts. Infant becomes more mobile: mother-child dyad. A back and forth between mother and child. Both engage in behaviors that reflect attachment bond: four stages (see text, quality of attachment (most important, ainsworth"s strange situation paradigm. Reliably classifies babies as type a, b, c, or d: new instrument.
