PSYCH211 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Primitive Reflexes, Tenderly, Postpartum Depression

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH211
• Professor: Heather Henderson

Document Summary

Chapter 7: emotional and social development in infancy and. Development of basic emotions: basic emotions: emotions such as happiness, interest, surprise, fear, anger, sadness, and disgust that are universal in humans and other primates and have a long evolutionary history of promoting survival. Happiness: after 6 weeks the baby begins to smile, before this, only way of communicating was crying, social smile: the i(cid:374)fa(cid:374)t"s (cid:271)road gri(cid:374) e(cid:448)oked (cid:271)(cid:455) the pare(cid:374)t"s (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)i(cid:272)atio(cid:374), first appeari(cid:374)g between 6-10 weeks of age. Laughter appears around 3-4 months which reflects faster processing of info than smiling. When efforts failed, turned away, frowned, and cried. In social references, toddlers move beyond just reacting to others emotional messages: use those signals to evaluate the safety and security of their surroundings, to guide own actions. Temperament and development: temperament: early-appearing, stable individual differences in reactivity (quickness and intensity of emotional arousal, attention, and motor activity) and self-regulation (strategies that modify reactivity)