PSYCH 130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10.2: Dynamical System, Cognitive Development
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People around the world (across cultures) associate different facial expressions with emotions in the same way. Dynamic systems perspective: emotional expressions vary with person"s developing capacities, goals and context. Happiness, interest, surprise, fear, anger, sadness, disgust. Dynamic systems perspective: children coordinate separate skills into more effective, emotionally expressive systems as the cns develops and goals and experiences change. Sensitive, contingent caregiver communication in which parents selectively mirror aspects of baby"s emotional behavior, helps infants construct emotional expressions that more closely resemble those of adults. Emotional expressions gradually become well organized and specific. Achieve new skills smile and laugh encourages affection and stimulation from the caregiver. Creates warm supportive relationship between infant and caregiver fosters developing competencies. Social smile (6-10 w/o): broad grin evoked by parental communication. Parallels development of infant"s perception and sensitivity to visual patterns (esp faces) Laughter (3-4 m/o) reflects faster processing of info than smiling.
