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Children's Development
Midterm #2 Study Cards
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Undergraduate 1
05/07/2012

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Emotion

Definition
feeling, or affect, that occurs when a person is in a state or an interaction that is important to him or her, especially to his or her well-being.
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Primary emotions
Definition

emotions that are present in humans and animals; these emotions appear in the first six months of the human infant's development

 

include surprise, interest, joy, anger, sadness, fear, and discuss

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Self-conscious emotions
Definition

require self awareness that involves consciousness and a sense of "me"

 

includes jealousy, empathy, and embarrassment

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Basic Cry
Definition

a rhythmic pattern that usually consists of a cry, followed by a briefer silence, then a shorter whistle that is higher in pitch that the main cry, then another brief rest before the next cry

 

reason could be hunger

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Anger Cry
Definition
a variation of the basic cry in which more excess air is forced through the vocal cords
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Pain Cry
Definition

a sudden long, initial loud cry followed by breath holding; no preliminary moaning is present

 

stimulated by a high-intensity stimulus

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Reflexive smile
Definition
a smile that does not occur in response to external stimuli and appears during the first month after birth, usually during sleep
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Social Smile
Definition
a smile that occurs in response to an external stimulus, typically a face in the case of the young infant
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Anticipatory Smiling
Definition
infants communicate preexisting positive emotion by smiling at an object and then turning their smile toward an adult
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Fear
Definition

typically appears at about 6 months of age and peaks at about 18 months

 

linked to guilt, empathy, and low aggression at 6 to 7 years of age

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Stranger Anxiety
Definition

an infant shows a fear and wariness of strangers

 

first appears at about 6 months and is more intense by 9 months, peaking toward the end of the first year

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Separation Protest
Definition

crying when the caregiver leaves

 

initially displayed by infants at approximately 7 to 8 months and peaks at about 15 months

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Temperament
Definition
an individual's behavioral style and characteristic way of emotionally responding
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Chess and Thomas
Definition
psychiatrists that identified three basic types, or clusters, of temperament
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Easy Child
Definition
this child is generally in a positive mood, quickly establishes regular routines in infancy, and adapts easily to new experiences
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Difficult Child
Definition
this child reacts negatively and cries frequently, engages in irregular daily routines and is slow to accept change
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Slow-to-warm-up child
Definition
this child has a low activity level, is somewhat negative, and displays a low intensity of mood
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Goodness of Fit
Definition
the match between a child's temperament and the environment demands the child must cope with
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