PSYC18H3 Chapter 8: Chapter 8.docx
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Chapter 8 ; development of emotions in childhood. According to maclean (1993), vocal sounds during evolution were momentous. They signaled the beginnings of a new kind of adaptation as mammal-like reptiles started to become mammals, and as social cooperation began to emerge among vertebrates. Tomkins (1962) : each emotion comes as an innate package with its own neural program. Emotional expressions, then, are outward, and visible signs of inner programs. As development proceeds, specific emotions are expressed in forms that are recognizable to others. Babies" expressions have been appealing from a research perspective b/c of the link to work on adult facial expressions. Steiner et al (2001) have shown that the expressions that human infants make to sour tastes are similar to those of other primates. Expressions of distinct emotions other than disgust are hard to distinguish in the first few days of life.
