Birth to One Year

 What is it?  The process of learning to recognize and express one’s feelings and to establish one’s identity as a unique person

 Self-Confident  Can handle stress  Shows empathy

 What is it?  The process of learning to interact with others and to express oneself to others.

 Shows tolerance for others  Can communicate well with others  Listens to different point of views before acting

1. The bond formed between the parent and child 2. The atmosphere of the home 3. Temperament of the child

 What is it?  The bond between a parent/ caregiver and the child  Essential to form- Erik Erikson Trust vs Mistrust  Basis of developing trust-needed for healthy social/emotional development.

 Harry Harlow made monkey-shaped forms out of chicken wire AND soft cloth  Used substitute mothers to raise the monkeys  He found that the baby monkeys clung to the “mothers” made of soft cloth  Monkeys needed to feel physical closeness as well as receive a feeding  When they were older they did not know how to relate to other monkeys because they did not develop normal social relationships due to the lack of interaction with the real mothers

 Children in orphanage had little personal care from adults.  Physical and emotional development of the children were slower than normal  Baylor University – studied abused and neglected children. They failed to receive love, touch, and opportunities for learning and had brains 20 to 30% smaller than average

 What is it?  A condition in which they baby does not grow and develop properly  Can happen if: Receive little attention Little Encouragement Lack of love and attention

Style of reacting to the world and relating to others

 High- deep & powerful responses; cry hearty  Intense person very loud

 Determined in action  Less persistence accepts “no” for an answer  High- set goals don’t give up

 Strong reactions to feelings  Fussy eater, complain about clothes bothering you-sights, sounds, or smells  Less sensitive accept what comes goes with the flow

 High- aware of surrounding, distracted easily, several directions may lose track  Low less attention to detail, can follow may steps at once

 How well do you adjust to changes??  Low- resist change  High- like surprises, change

 High- follow strong patterns, routines, schedules  Low- different from day to day

 High- physically active  Low- stay one spot/place/activity

 How you face new situations?  Dive right in tackle things head on  High-try new activities, new foods  Low- hold back, watch first

 Cheerful or Cranky  Optimistic vs Pestimistic