PSYC10004 Lecture 7: PSYC10004 7. Emotions as Interactive Developmental Processes
7. Emotions as Interactive Developmental Processes
Deprivation or Privation?
Bowlby—deprivation hypothesis
Rutter—distinguishes privation and deprivation
• Deprivation: occurs when a child has an attachment and loses the attachment figure
• Privation: occurs when a child has never had a close relationship with anyone
• Effects of privation are more sever and long-lasting
Are the Effects of Early Deprivation Reversible?
• Continuity of experience is the norm
• Research investigating instances of discontinuity of attachment (either attachment never started or
child was left by attachment figure)
Romanian Orphans
• 6 year olds adopted prior to 6 months seemed to develop relatively normally
• but tend to go with strangers too easily, may be because they formed attachment but not that strong
• 11 year olds adopted after 6 months have not caught up peers in terms of intellectual and social
behaviour
Attachment Developmental Implications
Attachment:
• hat's iportat is the arer’s aility ad readiess to pereie ifat sigals, iterpret the ad
react promptly and adequately in a consistent way
Emotion Processes in Development
• Emotion as an Innate Feature of Human Behaviour
• Darwin:
o emotion an innate system with evolutionary adaptive function
o biologically programmed
o produced and recognised universally
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Document Summary
Rutter distinguishes privation and deprivation: deprivation: occurs when a child has an attachment and loses the attachment figure, privation: occurs when a child has never had a close relationship with anyone, effects of privation are more sever and long-lasting. Are the effects of early deprivation reversible: continuity of experience is the norm, research investigating instances of discontinuity of attachment (either attachment never started or child was left by attachment figure) Attachment: (cid:449)hat"s i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t is the (cid:272)arer"s a(cid:271)ility a(cid:374)d readi(cid:374)ess to per(cid:272)ei(cid:448)e i(cid:374)fa(cid:374)t sig(cid:374)als, i(cid:374)terpret the(cid:373) a(cid:374)d react promptly and adequately in a consistent way. Emotion processes in development: emotion as an innate feature of human behaviour, darwin, emotion an innate system with evolutionary adaptive function, biologically programmed, produced and recognised universally. Research on universals of emotion: universal association between particular facial expressions and reported emotions true for basic emotions: happy, sad, fear, surprise, anger, disgust.
