Emotional Development Emotions: complex set of behaviors produced in response to some external or internal event. Self-regulation: ability to calm oneself when distressed or excited

Early Emotional Expressions Smiling Endogenous Exogenous

Crying Basic Anger Pain Colic http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1290105013215957966&q=infant+crying&total=11884&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=5

Other Emotional Expressions Anger Fear Separation Anxiety: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1175151981122766441&q=social+referencing&total=175&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 Stranger Anxiety: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=11751519 81122766441&q=social+referencing&total=175&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

Perceiving Emotion Imitating Emotions http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1851846288521201892&q=newborn+imitation&total=5&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1

Temperament Tendencies to respond in predictable ways to events. Buss & Plomin, 1984 Emotionality, activity, sociability Kagan, 1989 Behavioral Inhibition: tendency to be extremely shy and restrained in response to unfamiliar people and situations.

Thomas & Chess 9 Dimensions of Infant Behavior Typical Mood Regularity of Biological Functions Tendency to approach or withdraw Intensity of emotional reactions Adaptability Activity level Distractibility Attention span Threshold of responsiveness

Three Categories of Infant Temperament Easy (40%) Difficult (20%) Slow-to-warm-up (15%) Goodness of fit: extent to which child’s temperament is compatible with demands and expectations of social world to which child must adapt.

Other Aspects of Emotional Development Social Referencing: looking to another individual for emotional cues in interpreting a strange/ambiguous event. Video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1175151981122766441&q=social+referencing&total=175&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 Complex emotions