Chapter 4 Flashcards
(13 cards)
Emotion
Feeling or affect that occurs when a person is in state or an interaction that is important to him or her
Emotional expression
Infant first relationships
Mirror neurons
Motor cells that are activated by watching the actions of another
Primary (Early) emotion
Influenced by our biological foundation and thought to be inborn/present at birth
Secondary Emotion
Thought to be influenced by a person experience
Self-conscious emotion
Involve the emotional reaction of others
social referencing
Reading emotional cues in others to help determine how to act in a particular situation
Effortful Control
Self-regulation is an important dimension of temperament
Goodness of fit
Match between temperament and the environmental demands with which child must cope
Secure Attachment
Children use the mother as a king of home bases and are at ease when she is present
Insecure Attachment
Children do not seek proximity to the mother after the mother has left
Insecure resistant ambivalent attachment
Children display a combination of positive and negative reaction
Insecure disorganized- disoriented attachment
children show inconsistent, often contradictory behavior
