Exam 3: Social Development Middle Childhood: Emotion Regulation

Question 1

Erikson’s Industry VS Inferiority (6-12)

Answer 1

Children compare themselves to others
If children feel that they are successful compared to their peers they develop pride and accomplishment, if they don’t feel that they are as successful as their peers they will feel inferior

Question 2

Freud’s Phallic Stage

Answer 2

The development of the superego; the internalization of society’s norms and values and developing a conscience
If the superego isn’t strong enough the individual l will be driven by the id (problematic behaviors)

Question 3

Parenting: emotion regulation

Answer 3

the process of modulating the occurrence, duration, and intensity of internal states of feeling and emotion-related physiological processes

Question 4

3 key factors of emotion regulation

Answer 4

-disengage from intensity of emotion
-being able to interrupt cycle of rumination
-being able to reengage with the cycle adaptively

Question 5

Adaptive emotional regulation approach: affect labeling

Answer 5

naming the feeling experience

Question 6

Adaptive emotional regulation approach: reframing negative thoughts

Answer 6

think of the situation differently

Question 7

Adaptive emotional regulation approach: acceptive

Answer 7

Recognize bad feelings and that this is just the situation

Question 8

Adaptive emotional regulation approach: mindfulness

Answer 8

breath, slow body down

Question 9

Adaptive emotional regulation approach: take a break

Answer 9

walk away if needed

Question 10

Adaptive emotional regulation approach: express emotions constructively

Answer 10

it’s good to express emotions

Question 11

Adaptive emotional regulation approach: problem solving

Answer 11

how to problem solve trigger

Question 12

3 ways parents influence emotion regulation

Answer 12

1. observation of parent’s emotion regulation
2. emotion related parenting practices (emption coaching, reaction to emotions)
3. Emotional climate of the family (attachment, closeness, warmth, overly harsh, permissive)

Question 13

Interventions for parental influence

Answer 13

-use feeling chart to help identify emotions
-teach breathing techniques like ballon breathing or dragon fire breathing; calm nervous system and regulate emotions
-mindfulness activities
-kids yoga