CYAF 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mary Ainsworth, Attachment Theory, Gender Identity

• School: UNL
• Department: Child, Youth and Family Studies
• Course: CYAF 160
• Professor: Soo- Young Hong

Document Summary

Emotional development: toddler"s emotional development, learn that there are positive & negative emotions, learn to control & regulate emotions i. ii. iii. iv. v. Keep emotions under control for social reasons: toddler"s emotions, developing a social conscience by age 2 i. ii. iii. Secondary emotions developed (sociomoral emotions: birth of the self, toddlerhood: a distinct sense of self first develops, self-awareness reflects an understanding of the distinction between self & external world i. ii. Empathy: ability to understand & respond to another person"s distress. Empathy prosocial behaviors: help or benefit others: gender identity, children begin to identify as male or female during toddlerhood, sex status of being male or female, gender categories of male or female. Attachment: history of attachment theory, ______________: enduring emotional bond that children form with their caregivers, study of human attachment came from animal science i. ii.