FRHD 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Teddy Bear, Social Emotions, Toilet Training

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1010
• Professor: Susan Chuang

Document Summary

Emotional development: time period of emotional responsiveness. In the 1st 2 years infants progress from reactive pain & pleasure to complex patterns of social awareness. Early emotions: at 1st there is pleasure and pain. Newborns are happy & relaxed when fed and drifting into sleep. Cry when hurt or hungry, tired or frightened. Some have bouts of uncontrollable crying =colic probably from immature digestion. Happiness expressed by social smile that"s evoked by a human face at about 6 weeks. Infants globally express social joy & even laughter by 2-4 months. Anger is evident at 6 months usually triggered by frustration. Hard crying occurs often as infants hate to be strapped in, caged in, closed in or held in place when they want to explore. Sadness indicates withdrawal & is accompanied by an increase in body"s production of cortisol. Cortisol: the primary stress hormones; fluctuations effect human emotion. Since sadness produces stress, sorrow negatively impacts an infant.