PSYC 2450 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: American Babies, 18 Months, Intensify
Document Summary
Emotional development (432-433: study indicated that half 1-month old infants displayed 5 distinct emotions: interest, surprise, joy, anger and fear. Later in second year, i(cid:374)fa(cid:374)ts" start to displa(cid:455) complex emotions such as embarrassment, shame, guilt, envy and pride. In conclusion, effective regulation of emotions involves the ability to suppress, maintain or intensify emotional arousal to remain productively engaged with challenges or ppl encountered. Social referencing (438-439: social referencing: the use of others" e(cid:373)otional expressions to infer the meaning of otherwise ambiguous situations. I(cid:374)fa(cid:374)t"s a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to i(cid:374)terpret/re(cid:272)og(cid:374)ize e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)al e(cid:454)pressio(cid:374)s (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)es (cid:373)ore o(cid:271)(cid:448)ious (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) 7- Latter advances in emotional understanding emerges at around same age that child can integrate more than one piece of info (ex. height and width column of liquid) Temperament and development (441: temperament: perso(cid:374)"s (cid:272)hara(cid:272)teristi(cid:272) (cid:373)odes of respo(cid:374)di(cid:374)g e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)all(cid:455) a(cid:374)d (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iourall(cid:455) to environmental events, including such attributes as activity level, irritability, fearfulness, and sociability, 6 dimensions of individual differences in infant temperament, 1.
