emotions and temperament Flashcards
true or false?
infants respond to emotionally charged commends
true.
if a mother is disgusted by the toy, the infant will avoid it
what are mother-infant face-to-face interactions?
appropriate and carefully timed reactions to each other’s cues
true or false
babies are extremely responsive to social interactions
true.
babies work to coordinate their emotions and intentions
what will happen when a mother stop responding to the baby?
the baby will do what they can to get a reaction from the mother
- negative emotions/reactions
- still-face reaction
what is social referencing?
infants use emotional cues from parent to evaluate uncertain events
animal research
disrupting mother-infant relationship depresses animal’s immune system
elicitors
internal and external events that trigger biological changes that are the basis of emotions
receptors
brain structures that facilitate the capscity to register and encode emotion-relevant events
states
changes in somatic and psychophysiological activity when emotional receptors are activated
expressions
potentially communicative facial, vocal, gestural, and other behaviours
experience
the interpretation and evaluation ……
what are second emotions(self-conscious)?
depend on cognitive prerequisites: embarassment, guilt, pride, shame
what are facial expressions?
unique facial configurations that specify particular emotions
what are primary emotions (basic)?
either innate or early developing
- happiness, contempt, guilt, shame
what do emotions do?
the purpose and roles of emotion in the ongoing transaction between the individual and the environment
