The Process of Psychological Development: Emotional Development (VCE SSCE Psychology): Flashcards
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Emotional development definition
Emotional development definition
Learning to experience, understand, express & regulate emotions
Three areas of psychological development
Three areas of psychological development
Emotional, social, and cognitive development
Age infants start smiling & frowning
Age infants start smiling & frowning
Approximately 8 weeks of age
Adolescent emotional characteristic
Adolescent emotional characteristic
Experience emotions more intensely (negative & positive)
Attachment definition
Attachment definition
Close social & emotional bond between infant & caregivers
Theorist who developed evolutionary attachment theory
Theorist who developed evolutionary attachment theory
John Bowlby
Bowlby's safe base for exploration
Bowlby's safe base for exploration
Attachment figure provides secure point for emotional support
Harlow's key finding on attachment
Harlow's key finding on attachment
Contact comfort more important than feeding for attachment
Secure attachment percentage & key trait
Secure attachment percentage & key trait
65%; use caregiver as secure base, quickly calm when reunited
Insecure-disorganised attachment link
Insecure-disorganised attachment link
Linked to childhood abuse; risk factor for mental disorders