CHYS 2P10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Rhesus Macaque, Attachment Theory, Mental Representation
24 Nov 2012
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Emotions : emotions are a core component of social development, predisposition to react emotionally in certain ways. Innate drives: survive, grow, learn, and connect with others. Can contribute to growth of new skills, eg. - interest/pleasure in mastering new tasks. Signals, empathy, concern, links to communication in social development. Crying signifies to the caregiver something is wrong, then it moves to babbling, then it moves to descriptive words (stepping stone) Temperament: emotional reactivity and regulation an aspect of temperament, temperament. Biologically based differences in reactivity and regulation. Temperament related to how children perceive and react to situations. * broad categories, relatively stable over time, across situations: easy temperament (40%) Even tempered, typically positive, easy going, open to new experiences, predictable. Active, irritable, reactive, irregular, slow to adapt to novel people/situations. Inactive, moody, slow to adapt to novel people/situations, not as reactive as. Influenced by environment: social interaction makes important contribution to emotional development, goodness-of-fit.
