1. November 15, 2011

2.  Today’s Agenda: ◦ Emotional and Social Development 1 st year ◦ Intellectual Development 1 st Year  Thursday: ◦ Test on all areas of the 1 st year  Physical  Emotional and Social  Intellectual

3.  The process of learning to recognize and express one’s feelings and to establish one’s identity as a unique person.  Healthy development = adult with self- confidence, who can handle stress, shows empathy toward others.

4.  The process of learning to interact with others and to express oneself to others.  Healthy development = adult with tolerance for others, who can communicate well and listen to others points of view before acting.

5.  Connected to each other ◦ Child’s feelings about himself/herself and behavior toward others depend on one another.  Begin at birth and continue throughout life  Many influences shape the development ◦ Bond between child and parent ◦ Atmosphere of the home ◦ Temperament of the child

6.  A bond between a parent or caregiver and the child.  Babies need physical contact – holding, cuddling, rocking and being near a person  Famous studies – Harlow study

7.  Research has shown babies who are abused or neglected (fail to receive love, touch, and opportunities for learning) had brains 20-30% smaller than average  Result = Failure to Thrive ◦ Condition in which the baby does not grow and develop properly  Not helped – become unattached  Helped – trust the world, growing attachment

8.  Smile – someone smiles back  Parent/caregiver emotions affect the baby’s mood and feelings ◦ Up and down – unstable ◦ Tense – baby becomes fussy and tense

9.  Style of reacting to the world and relating to others  Researchers have 9 different ways of looking at temperament  High and low – greater or lesser amount of that trait  Person looked at as all of the traits together

10.  Intensity – Strength of emotional responses to events  Persistence – Determination to complete an action  Sensitivity – Strength of reactions to feelings (comfort, food, etc.)  Perceptiveness – Awareness of surroundings  Adaptability – Ease of adjustment to change

11.  Regularity – Tendency to follow routines/patterns  Energy – Level of physical activity  First reaction – Ways of facing new situations  Mood – Typical mood – cranky, happy

12.  What are the 3 influences on emotional and social development?  What is temperament?  How does the environment the parent’s create affect their baby?