PSYC10004 Lecture 8: Lecture 8 Emotions as Interactive Developmental Processes
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Deprivation: occurs when child has an attachment and loses the attachment figure. Privation: occurs when child has never had a close relationship with anyone. Effects of privation are much more severe and long lasting. Orphanages in hungary - never loved (never had attachment figure) Those 6 years old adopted prior to 6 months impacts of privation overcome overcome. 11 year olds adopted after 6 months haven"t caught up peers in terms of intellectual and social behaviour. Important: carer"s ability and readiness to perceive infant signals, interpret them correctly and react promptly and adequately in a consistent way. Emotion as an innate feature of human behaviour. Darwin (the expression of emotions in man and animals): Emotion is an innate system with an evolutionary adaptive function. Universal association b/w particular facial expressions and reported emotions. True for basic emotions: happiness, fear, sadness, surprise, anger, and. Emotional expression attracts the attention of the caregiver. Emotions engage infants with objects in the environment.
