Emotional Development Emotions: complex set of behaviors produced in response to some external or internal event.Emotions: complex set of behaviors produced in response to some external or internal event. Self-regulation: ability to calm oneself when distressed or excitedSelf-regulation: ability to calm oneself when distressed or excited
Early Emotional Expressions Smiling –Endogenous –Exogenous
Crying Basic Anger Pain Colic start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=5
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Perceiving Emotion Imitating Emotions &q=newborn+imitation&total=5&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1Imitating Emotions &q=newborn+imitation&total=5&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex= &q=newborn+imitation&total=5&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex= &q=newborn+imitation&total=5&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1
Temperament Tendencies to respond in predictable ways to events. Buss & Plomin, 1984 –Emotionality, activity, sociability Kagan, 1989 –Behavioral Inhibition: tendency to be extremely shy and restrained in response to unfamiliar people and situations.
Thomas & Chess 9 Dimensions of Infant Behavior –Typical Mood –Regularity of Biological Functions –Tendency to approach or withdraw –Intensity of emotional reactions –Adaptability –Activity level –Distractibility –Attention span –Threshold of responsiveness
Three Categories of Infant Temperament Easy (40%) Difficult (20%) Slow-to-warm-up (15%) Goodness of fit: extent to which child’s temperament is compatible with demands and expectations of social world to which child must adapt.
Other Aspects of Emotional Development Social Referencing: looking to another individual for emotional cues in interpreting a strange/ambiguous event. Video: &q=social+referencing&total=17 5&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex = &q=social+referencing&total=17 5&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex =0 Complex emotions