Chapter 7 - Social and Emotional Devel. Flashcards
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each basic emotion consists of what 3 elements
subjective feeling
psychological change
overt behaviour
pride, guilt and embarrassment is what type of emotion
complex
whats the difference between complex and basic emotions
complex emotions have an evaluative component to them
-also not expressed the same way in all cultures
in children and adults, what happens in brian when happy
left frontal cortex of brian tends to have more electrical acitivty then the right frontal cortex
by 5 to 6 months, infants facial expressions change in what way
predictably and meaningdully in response to events
when are facial expressinos fairly reliable indicators of an infants emotional state
middle of first year
what are social smiles and when does this start to occur
smiling in response to seeing another human face
-2 months
at about 4 months, smiling is joined by what whne parents are clowning
laughter
at 4 months, infants primarily laugh at what
novelty, social context and salience of others emotions
between 5 and 8 months, infants are more what when it comes to laughter
able to independently figure out what kinds of things are funny
earliest development of possitve feeligns are linked to what
physical states, such as feeling full or being tickled
when children become angry when their attempts to achieve a goal are not met, this reflects their growing understanding of what
goal directed behaviour
when do the first disntinct signs of fear emerge
6 months, become wary in the presence of unfamiliar adults
infants tend to be less fearful of strangers when what
environment is familiar
amount of infant anxiety depends on what when it comes to baby interacting with stranger
the strangers behaviour
-should talk to parent first for a bit instead of rushing toward baby
-offer a toy mayb
-will make baby curious about stranger instead of fearful
stranger wariness relates to what concept in child development
attachment
stranger anxiety is adpative because what
emerges at same time that children begin to master creepign and crawling
-provides a natural restraint against tendency to wander away from familiar caregivers
when does wariness of strangers gradually decline and why
during second year
-learn to interpret facial expressions and become better at recognizing when a stranger is friendly
when do complex emotions emerge
18 to 24 months, after basic emotions
what do complex emotions depend on
childs reflexive understanding of the self
basic emotions are more what based compared to complex emotions
biologically based
by 6 or 7 months children begin to distinguish what when it comes to emotions
that different facial expressions
are associated with different emotions
what gender is more accurate at recognixing adults facial expressions of emotions
baby girls
infants often match their own emotions to what
other peoples emotions