PSYB20H3 Chapter 7: Chapter 7
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Each baby has his or her own unique temperament. One baby may usually be cheerful; another, easily upset. Such characteristic ways of feeling, thinking, and acting affect the way children respond to others and adapt to their world. From infancy on, temperament is intertwined with social relationships psychosocial development. Subjective reactions to experience that are associated with physiological and behavioural changes. Fear, for example, is accompanied by a faster heartbeat. Emotional development follows a relatively standard developmental timeline, beginning in early infancy. Emotions also become increasingly social and include the self- conscious emotions, altruism and empathy. Last, emotions then prompt young children into engaging in shared intentionality and collaborative activity. Early emotional responses include crying, smiling and laughing, self- conscious emotions, altruistic helping and empathy, and shared intentionality and collaborative activity. Crying is the primary way in which infants communicate their needs and is considered to be an honest signal of need.
