PSYC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Neural Development, Environmental Factor, Heredity
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Introduction: marshmallow task: children who could distract themselves and exhibit more self-control did better later in life, academically and behaviorally, emotional intelligence: set of abilities that are key to competent social functioning. Control impulses, self-motivated, persist in frustration, delay gratification, understand own and other feelings, regulate mood, expression of emotion in social interactions, and empathize with others" emotions. Predicts how well people do in life, especially social lives. The development of emotions in childhood: emotions: neural responses involved in emotion, physiological factors (heart and breath rate, hormone levels), subjective feelings, cognitions/perceptions associated with neural and physiological responses/subjective feelings, and desire to act. Theories on the nature and emergence of emotion: darwin: facial expressions for certain basic emotions are innate to species, so similar across all people. These facial expressions are found in very young babies. 3 basic affect systems: joy/pleasure, anger/frustration, and wariness/fear these systems undergo developmental change to become more complex ex: wariness/fear first shown as startle or pain.
