PSY BEH 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: 18 Months, Emotional Expression, Cognitive Development
23 Jan 2014
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A feeling, or affect, comprised of biological, cognitive and behavioral components: biological component (physiological arousal) Nervous system involved (when feel emotion there is a physiological change) Universal emotions (across cultures; blind child smiling) biological basis: cognitive component (conscious experience) Goal achievement or failure: behavioral component (expression) Cultures dictate emotional expression (smiling in the west) Influences display of behavior (at a funeral don"t laugh) To motivate: what do you do if you suddenly feel afraid? o. To communicate: child looks to caregiver to know if it"s okay to do something, tells us if and how we should approach. Effectively managing arousal to adapt and reach a goal: ability to inhibit, or minimize, the intensity and duration of emotional reactions, soothing behaviors modulate emotion reduction in stress hormones and improved functioning. External versus internal resources: from infancy onward, less reliance on caregiver to sooth and more reliance on self (infants-suck on thumb)
