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| feeling or affect, that occurs when a person is engaged in an interaction that is important to him or her, especially to his or her well-being. |
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| Emotions that require self-awareness; they include empathy, jealousy, embarassment, pride, shame and guilt, most of which appear at some point in the second half of the first year thru the second year |
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| is the most important mechanism newborns have for communicating with their world. Babies have at least three types of cries: basic, anger, and pain |
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| A rythmic pattern usually consisting of a cry, a briefer silence, a shorter inspiratory whistle that is higher pitched than the main cry, and then a brief rest before the next cry. |
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| A cry similar to the basic cry but with more excess air forced thru the vocal cords |
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| A sudden appearance of an intial loud cry followed by breath holding without prelimanary moaning |
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| 1 of 2 types of smiles: A smile that does not occur in response to external stimuli. It happens during the month after birth, usually during sleep |
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| 1 of 2 types of smiles: A smile in response to an external stimuli, which, early in developement, typically is a face. |
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| Is one of a baby's earliest emotions, which typically first appears at about 6 months of age and peaks at about 18 months. There are 2 types of fear: stranger anxiety and seperation protest |
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| 1 of 2 types of fear: An infants fear of and wariness toward strangers; it tends to appear in the second half of the first year of life |
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| 1 of 2 types of fear: Occurs when infants experience a ear of seperation from a caregiver, which results in crying when the caregiver leaves |
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| Socioemotional selectivity theory |
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| The theory that older adults become more selective about their social networks. Because they place high value on emotional satisfaction, older adults often spend more time with familiar individuals with whom thay have had rewarding relationships |
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| Chess and Thomas' Classification |
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| Identified 3 basic types, or clusters, of temperament: easy child, difficult child, and slow-to-warm-up child |
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| An individual's behavioral style and characteristic emotional respnse |
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| A temperament style in which the child is generally in a positive mood, quickly in a positive mood, quickly establishes regular routines, and adapts easily to new experiences |
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| A temperament style in which the child tends to react negatively and cry frequently, engages in irregular daily routines, and is slow to accept change |
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| A temerament style in which the child has a low activity level, is somewhat negative, and displays a low intensity of mood |
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| Kagan's Behavioral Inhibition |
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| Rothbart and Bates' Classification |
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| Argue that three broad dimensions best represent what researchers have found to characterize the structure of temerament: extraversion/surgency, negative affectivity, and effortful control (self-regulation) |
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