PSYC 581 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Prefrontal Cortex, Motivation, Limbic System
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Emotional regulation: ability to control when and how emotions are expressed, requires effortful control. Initiative versus guilt (erikson: initiative new skills and activities, guilt felt when we do not succeed. Reactions from others determine how child feels. Protective optimism: bias about themselves, optimistic self-concept. Protects against guilt and shame: related to parental reinforcement. Neurological advances: myelination of the limbic system, growth of the prefrontal cortex. Improved behaviors and abilities: longer attention span, improved self-control, increased understanding of: Reason to pursue a goal: intrinsic motivation. Need to have achievements rewarded from outside. Problem: when the rewards stop behavior stops. In u. s. overcome fear vs. in china hide pride vs. in japan control selfishness vs. in mexico modify disobedience. Impaired emotional regulation: intense reactions, externalizing problems. Uncontrolled physical or verbal outbursts: internalizing problems. Turning distress inward: result in later psychopathology (=abnormal behavior) Two kinds: pretend play, social play. Culture: basic play is similar, can be experience-dependent.
