PSYCH 130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10.3: Prefrontal Cortex
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Strategies used to adjust emotional state to a comfortable level of intensity so we can accomplish our goals. Requires attention focusing and shifting, inhibition of thoughts and behavior, planning. Improves with development of the prefrontal cortex and assistance of caregivers who help manage and teach strategies. Easily overwhelmed and depend on soothing interventions of caregivers. Development of prefrontal cortex + parent interaction increase tolerance for stimulation. 4-6 m/o: ability to shift attention and engage in self soothing control emotion. Crawling and walking approaching/retreating from situations regulate emotion. Reading and responding sympathetically and contingently to infant"s emotional cues less fussy easier to soothe babies. Failure to regulate stressful experiences for infants who cannot yet regulate them for themselves brain structures that buffer stress fail to develop properly anxious emotionally reactive child. 2nd yr: gains in representation and language new ways of regulating emotion. Vocab for feelings develops rapidly after 18 m/o but not good at using it to manage emotions.
