HDF 351 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Rise Time, Ethology, The Emotions

• School: UT-Austin
• Department: Human Development and Family Sciences
• Course: HDF 351
• Professor: N Hazen- Swann

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10, emotion & temperament in infancy: know the meaning of the following concepts: Learning theories believe that there are three basic emotions fear, rage and love. Emotional reactions are the result of learned associations between unconditioned stimuli and neutral events. Cognitive theories perceptual experiences establish a set of memory traces in the form of neurological circuits that he called phase sequences. Psychoanalytic theories emotional development is partly a result in ego development in the context of parent-infant interaction. The emotions that result from need gratification were believed to help organize the ego processes of perception, cognition, and memory in early infancy. Anger is observed as early as 3-4 months. Fear is not reliably present until 7 months. Joy is present as early as two months: ho(cid:449) (cid:272)a(cid:374) i(cid:374)fa(cid:374)ts" e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)es affect their emotional development? (see boxes 10. 1 & O(cid:374)e stud(cid:455)"s fi(cid:374)di(cid:374)gs suggest that i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual differe(cid:374)(cid:272)es i(cid:374) fearful(cid:374)ess a(cid:374)d rea(cid:272)ti(cid:448)it(cid:455) to stress result from early experiences.