PSYO 220 Chapter 4: Chapter 4 The First Two Years Psychosocial Development
13 Mar 2017
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Chapter 4 the first two years psychosocial development. Fear of social events (strangers, separation from caregiver) 18 months: newborns experience such basic emotions as distress and contentment, expressed by crying. Self-awareness; pride; shame; embarrassment or looking relaxed: social smile: a smile evoked by a human face, normally first evident in infants about. Summary: two emotions, contentment and distress, appear as soon as an infant is born. Smiles and laughter are evident in the early months. Anger emerges with restriction and frustration, between 4 and 8 months of age, and becomes stronger by age 1: reflexive fear is apparent in very young infants. Fear of something specific, including fear of strangers and of separation, appears toward the end of the first year. In the second year, social awareness produces more selective fear, anger, and joy. As infants become increasingly self-aware, emotions emerge that encourage an interface between the self and others specifically, pride, shame, empathy, jealousy, embarrassment, and disgust.
