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Emotional Development The First Year

Emotional Development The First Year. Emotional Development. Learning to recognize and express feelings Establishing one’s identity A person with healthy emotional development: Has self-confidence Can handle stress Shows empathy toward others. Attachment.

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Emotional Development The First Year

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  1. Emotional DevelopmentThe First Year

  2. Emotional Development • Learning to recognize and express feelings • Establishing one’s identity • A person with healthy emotional development: • Has self-confidence • Can handle stress • Shows empathy toward others

  3. Attachment Physical contact that builds an emotional bond between caregiver and child

  4. Psychologist Harry HarlowExperiment • Substitute monkey “mothers” • Baby monkeys clung to “mothers” made of soft cloth • Chicken-wire “mothers” monkeys held their bottles • Once grown, the monkeys did not relate to other monkeys

  5. A baby left alone most of the time, except for physical care, may fail to respond to people and objects

  6. Development of Emotions Emotions in Infancy

  7. distress, contentment and interest Birth - 1 Month

  8. 2 – 3 Months "social smile”

  9. 3 - 4 Months anger, sadness, surprise

  10. 4 – 6 Months fear, excitement, disgust, and joy

  11. 6 Months Baby will start to imitate a parent's emotions

  12. 8 Months Stanger Anxiety

  13. Affection • Touch is very important • Lots of holding, cuddling, singing and talking to your baby • Always show love and affection when a child even if baby is crying or cranky

  14. Temperament One’s style of reacting to the world and relating to others

  15. 9 Ways of Looking at Temperament: • Intensity • Persistence • Sensitivity • Perceptiveness • Adaptability • Regularity • Energy • First Reaction • Mood

  16. Think About Yourself or People You Know Examples of Temperament

  17. 1. Intensity Strength or weakness of an emotional response to events or to others

  18. 2. Persistence Determined to complete an action. May become upset when unable to finish what was begun. OR Easily persuaded to begin a new activity

  19. 3. Sensitivity A highly sensitive child has strong reactions to his or her feelings. May be bothered by sights, sounds, smells OR Less sensitive child accepts what happens

  20. 4. Perceptiveness Very aware Or Less aware of surroundings

  21. 5. Adaptability Ease OR Difficulty in adjustment to changes

  22. 6. Energy Children high in energy are physically active OR Low energy children move much less

  23. 7. Regularity Children who are highly regular follow patterns and routines OR Children low in regularity are just the opposite

  24. 8. First Reaction Some children accept new situations and take part OR Others are less comfortable and may resist

  25. 9. Mood Cheerful and positive OR Cranky and negative

  26. Homework  Go home and ask a parent/guardian how your temperament was a child. Think about how you are now. Are you the same or have you changed?

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