PSYCO105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Mary Ainsworth, John Bowlby, Diana Baumrind
31 Jan 2018
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Theory of mind: a person"s beliefs about the mind and the ability to understand other people"s mental states. We use these assumptions to explain and predict our own and other people"s behaviour, and to be able to take another"s perspective. Around 18 months of age, infants begin to develop a sense of self. They are able to recognize themselves in a mirror. Around age 2 pride and shame and guilt develop, Emotional regulation: the processes by which we evaluate and modify our emotional reactions. Most infants could be classi ed into three groups. Easy infants ate and slept on schedule, were playful, and accepted new situations with little fuss. Dif cult infants were irritable, were fussy eaters and sleepers, and reacted negatively to new situations. Slow-to-warm-up infants were the least active, had mildly negative responses to new situations, but slowly adapted over time. Dif cult infants were most likely to develop emotional and behaviour problems during childhood.
