PSY 2114 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Social Emotions

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2114
• Professor: Heather Poole

Document Summary

In the rst two years, infants process from reactive pain and pleasure to complex patterns of social awareness. A movement from re exive emotions to learned and then thoughtful ones. Separation anxiety: distress when familiar caregiver leaves: 12 months: fear of unexpected sights and sounds. Stranger wariness: infant"s expression of concern when a stranger appears: 18 months: self-awareness, pride, shame, embarrassment. As always, culture and experience in uence the norms of development, especially true for emotions. Toddler"s emotions: take on a new strength as memory and mobility advance. Temper can be seen as an expression of selfhood (social awareness) dependent on culture. Self-awareness: person"s realization that he or she is a distinct individual whose body, mind, and actions are separate from those of other people. Brain and emotions: brain is involved in development because every reaction begins in brain. Many speci c aspects of brain development support social emotions. Social preferences form in the early months (memory regarding others)