PSYC 20651 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Frontal Lobe, Negative Affectivity, Cortisol

• School: Kent State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 20651
• Professor: Carli Obeldobel

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Characteristics: heart rate, cortisol levels, frontal lobe activity. Goodness of fit: match between a child"s temperament and the environmental demands the child must deal with. Easy going parent with a difficult child - bad goodness of fit. Child with high negative affectivity with a parent that is dismissive of emotions - bad. Introverted child with extroverted parent - may not get along well, but will challenge each other. Shared characteristics between parent and child will produce a good goodness of fit. Social orientation: infants intently stare at faces and attune to human voices. Face to face play: focused social interaction that can include vocalizations, touch, and gestures - measured with still-face paradigm. Still-face paradigm: how a child responds to the lack of reaction from a person who usually interacts with them. Social referencing: describes reading emotional cues in others to help determine behavior in a particular situation. Helps infants interpret ambiguous situations more accurately.