Development psych emotional

27 important questions on Development psych emotional

What kind of reactions do emotions bring about?

  • Physiological reactions: change in rate of breathing, heart, blood pressure
  • Feelings & cognitive processes: subjective experience
  • Behavioral reaction: laughing, grinning, crying...

What are functions of emotions?

Emotions can have effect on learning, social behavior and health.

What are different types of smiles? When do they develop?

Smile is present from birth onwards, around 2-3 months this changes into a social smile. Around 4-6 months a specific smile develops.
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What is a social smile?

A social smile is a smile in response to adult smiles and interactions.

What is a specific smile?

A specific smile is the difference in smile between parents and strangers.

When do the first fears develop?

6-12 months

What is emotional competence?

Emotional competence is the capacity of an individual to recognize/monitor their own emotions and those of others, to discriminate between different emotions and label them appropriately, and to use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior.

What is social referencing?

Social referencing is the individual’s ability to decide how to respond to ambiguous situations, through the observation and recognition of the reaction and facial expression of others.

What self reflective emotions develop around 18-24 months?

  • Shame
  • Proudness

What self reflective emotions start to develop between 2 and 3 years old?

  • Shyness
  • Guilt
  • Jealousy

While growing up, children become better at judging emotions, and their source. How is this possible?

  • Balance between external (environment) and internal (brain development)  factors
  • Recognize that thinking and feeling are connected
  • Conflicting cues are taken into account (pretending)
  • Understand mixed emotions (more than 1 emotion at the same time; happy & sad)

What is the difference in social experience & understanding between caregivers and brothers/sister and friends?

Care takers teach children about emotions and support emotional thoughts.
Brothers/sisters & friends are to negotiate with and they use emotions in play (pretend play).

What is meant with the theory of mind?

The possibility to ‘feel’ or ‘think’ someone else’s feelings/thoughts, or to recognize them and think & act upon this. Recognize that others might have feelings or thoughts that are deviating from yours.

In what kind of children is the theory of mind lacking?

The theory of mind is lacking in children with autism.

Is theory of mind also present in animals?

This is not sure yet. There have been many studies, one of them was done with mice.
The result of this study was that the longer they stayed together, they became kind of buddies, the more empathy they showed.

What factors contribute to the theory of mind?

  • Language
  • Cognitive ability
  • Attachment
  • Mind-focused parents
  • Pretend play (cognitive & social skills)
  • Social exposure

What is emotional regulation?

Emotional regulation is the extrinsic and intrinsic processes that are responsible for monitoring, evaluating, and modifying emotional reactions, especially their intensive and temporal features, to accomplish one’s goals.

What are two coping strategies?

  • Problem-focussed coping
  • Emotion-focussed coping

What is problem-focussed coping?

Problem-focused coping:
  • When situation is viewed as changeable
  • Needs prefrontal cortex (PFC; reasoning, inhibitory control) to evaluate this
  • Needs PFC to take a decision (to choose for the strategy type (planning!) & solution)

What is emotion-focused coping?

Emotion-focused coping:
  • When problem-focused coping does not work or is not attainable
  • Situation is viewed as unchangeable
  • Internal personal control of distress

What are the developmental stages of attachment according to Bowlby?

  1. Pre-attachment (0-2 months)
  2. Attachment-in-the-making (2-8 months)
  3. Clear-cut attachment (9-18 months)
  4. Mutual relationship (from 2 year onwards)

What are the characteristics of the attachment-in-the-making stage? When is this stage?

This stage occurs between 2 and 8 months. A different approach to family and non-family becomes visible and there is a preference for the parent/caregiver.

What are the characteristics of the clear-cut attachment stage? When is this stage?

This stage occurs between 9 and 18 months. During this stage more contact is being made, but also (from 8 months onwards) a separation fear develops.

What kind of test was done to distinguish between different attachment types? Can you explain this test?

The strange situation test was done to distinguish different attachment types. What was done during this test was that a baby was with the mother and a stranger. The mother left to see what the reaction of the baby was. Then the mother returned and the stranger left.

What are the different attachment types that became clear after doing the stranger situation test?

  • Safe attachment
  • Unsafe attachment (3 subtypes; avoiding, resistent/ambivalent, disorganized/disorientated)

What is meant with the 3 subtypes of unsafe attachment?

Avoiding: no contact with parent
Resistant/Ambivalent: lots of stress, +/- contact
Disorganized/disorientated: repetitive behavior, immobility

What are factors that influence attachment?

  • Possibility to attach
  • Quality of care (sensitive care = Responsive to children’s need)
  • Family situation
  • Individual differences

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