PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Jean Berko Gleason, Negativity Bias, Attachment Theory
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The wug test reveals that 4 year olds already have a sophisticated understanding of the structure of their native language and make appropriate modifications to words based on their understanding of grammatical rules. Pre-verbal babies are already sensitive and react to the emotions their caregivers express. 7mo olds can distinguish happiness, sadness, anger, and fear expressions. Negativity bias: response to negative emotions is more powerful and consistent. When a baby is uncertain, he or she will look to the caregiver for help to figure out what to do. This can help babies get over the visual cliff. Take-home message: emotions are complex interaction between feelings, thoughts, physiological response, and actions. Two broad theories interpret emotions as discrete/innate or continuous/functionalist. Differences between early and late dev emotions. Necessary for typical social and emotional development. In the 1940"s, professional parenting advice was dominated by behaviorism (bad) Social contact is not particularly relevant or important.
