FRHD 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Defecation, Energy Level, Glucocorticoid Receptor

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1010
• Professor: Susan Chuang

Document Summary

>in the first two years, infants progress from reactive pain and pleasure, to complex patterns of social awareness. >this is a period of high emotional responsiveness. >earliest emotions are also called primary emotions, which emerge in the first 6 months. A smile evoked by a human face, normally first evident in infants about 6 weeks after birth developed by cognition (development of the brain) 12 months = fear of unexpected sights and sounds. >the primary stress hormone that affects human emotion. Infants release this hormone when they are going through withdrawal of a parent. >an infant"s distress when a familiar caregiver leaves. 1 year, but intensifies at age 2, high anxiety at age 3 = emotional disorder. >an infant"s expression of concern when a stranger appears. >emotions take on a new strength at toddlerhood. >social awareness = temper can be seen as an expression of selfhood in a addition to a set of new and more complex emotions.