PSYC 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Self-Awareness, Surgency
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Video 1: left baby splashing, more interactive, shrieks, right baby-observant of her sister, laughs every once in a while. Emotional development in infancy: specific emotions. Temperament: age 1; increases, age 2, then subsides, inborn behavioral style, genetic! Biological: how active, fearful/angry, outgoing, etc, interaction with parents modifies it only a little. Temperament: traits: chess & thomas by 3 months, fairly stable groups: Differing dimensions of temperament: these dimensions are clearly present, effortful control (ability to pay attention, negative mood (fearful, angry, unhappy or not, surgency (how active, sociable or not. Relationship of temperament to personality: may be numerous temperament traits. Video 2 (kagans work?: thrashed around, crying may become a quiet child later on, children don"t grow up in isolation, need to make sure stimulation is low and to encourage in more engagement of the baby. Temperament: nature and nurture: about 60% genetic (nature, evocative gene environment correlations. The environment of a child is correlated with genetically influenced behavior.
