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Infants' Emotions

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Smiling and Laughing Anger Sadness Fear Stranger wariness Separation anxiety

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Smiling and Laughing

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1. Social smile (6 weeks): Evoked by viewing human faces 2. Laughter (3 to 4 months): Often associated with curiosity

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Anger

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1. First expressions at around 6 month 2. Healthy response to frustration

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Sadness

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1. Indicates withdrawal and is accompanied by increased production of cortisol 2. Stressful experience for infants

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Fear

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Emerges at about 9 months in response to people, things, or situations

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Stranger wariness

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Infant no longer smiles at any friendly face but cries or looks frightened when an unfamiliar person moves too close

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Separation anxiety

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1. Tears, dismay, or anger when a familiar caregiver leaves. 2. If it remains strong after age 3, it may be considered an emotional disorder.

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Toddlers' Emotions

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1. Anger and fear become less frequent and more focused 2. Laughing and crying become louder and more discriminating 3. Laughing and crying become louder and more discriminating 4. New emotions: Pride, Shame, Embarrassment, Guilt 5. Require an awareness of other people 6. Emerge from family interactions, influenced by the culture

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New emotions:

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Pride Shame Embarrassment Guilt

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Happy and Content:

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6 weeks - social smile 3 months- laughter; curiosity 4 months - full, responsive smiles

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Angry or Sad:

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4-8 months - anger Angry - healthy response to frustration Sadness - indicates withdrawal

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Fearful

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9-14 months - with strangers (stranger wariness; separation anxiety) 12 months - fear of unexpected sights and sounds

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Pride and Shame

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18 months—self-awareness; pride; shame; embarrassment

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self-awareness

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1. Realization that one is a distinct individual. 2. First 4 months: Infants have no sense of self and may see themselves as part of their mothers. 3. 5 months: Infants begin to develop an awareness of themselves as separate from their mothers. 4. 15-18 months: Emergence of the Me-self 5. Sense of self as the "object of one's knowledge"

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Mirror Recognition

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Classic experiment (M. Lewis & Brooks, 1978)

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Classic experiment (M. Lewis & Brooks, 1978)

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1. Babies aged 9-24 months looked into a mirror after a dot of rouge had been put on their noses. 2. None of the babies younger than 12 months old reacted as if they knew the mark was on them. 3. 15- to 24-month-olds: Showed self-awareness by touching their own noses with curiosity.

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Synesthesia

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1. The stimulation of one sensory stimulus to the brain (sound, sight, touch, taste, or smell) by another. 2. Common in infants because boundaries between sensory parts of the cortex are less distinct.

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Cross-modal perception

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1. Infant associates textures with vision, sounds with smells, own body with the bodies of others 2. Basis for early social understanding

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Brain Maturation and the Emotions

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Cross-modal perception Synesthesia of emotions Emotional Self-regulation

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Synesthesia of emotions

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1. Infant's cry can be triggered by pain, fear, tiredness, or excitement; laughter can turn to tears. 2. Infants' emotions are difficult to predict because of the way their brains are activated.

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Social Impulses

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Emotional Self-regulation Particular people begin to arouse specific emotions

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Emotional Self-regulation

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Directly connected to maturation of the anterior cingulate gyrus (frontal part of cortex resembling a collar)—also responsible for empathy, decision-making, regulating blood pressure and heart rate.

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Particular people begin to arouse specific emotions

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1. Toddlers get angry when a teasing older sibling approaches them or react with fear when entering the doctor's office. 2. Memory triggers specific emotions based on previous experiences.

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Stress

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Hypothalamus Abuse (form of chronic stress) Stress can be avoided by:

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Hypothalamus

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1. Regulates various bodily functions and hormone production 2. Examples: Body temperature, thirst, circadian cycles, hunger, etc. 3. May grow more slowly in stressed than in non-stressed infants

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Abuse (form of chronic stress)

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1. Potential long-term effects on a child's emotional development 2. High levels of stress hormones indicative of emotional impairment 3. Excessive stress in infants must be prevented

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Stress can be avoided by:

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1. providing new mothers with help and emotional support 2. involving new fathers in the care of the infant 3. strengthening the relationship between mother and father

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Theories of Infant Psychosocial Development

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Temperament New York Longitudinal Study (NYLS)

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Temperament

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1. Inborn differences between one person and another in emotions, activity, and self-regulation 2. Temperament is epigenetic, originating in the genes but affected by child-rearing practices (environment)

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New York Longitudinal Study (NYLS)

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Started in the 1960s Found 4 categories of temperament Easy (40%) Difficult (10%) Slow to warm up (15%) Hard to classify (35%)

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Additional findings:

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1. Temperament often changes in the early weeks but is increasingly stable by age 3 2. Extreme temperaments at age 3 tend to carry over to adolescence and young adulthood 3. Parenting practices are crucial, temperament can change or be changed

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The Development of Social Bond

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Synchrony Synchrony in the first few months Is Synchrony Needed for Normal Development?

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Synchrony

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A coordinated, rapid, and smooth exchange of responses between a caregiver and an infant.

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Synchrony in the first few months

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1. Becomes more frequent and more elaborate 2. Helps infants learn to read others' emotions and to develop the skills of social interaction 3. Synchrony usually begins with parents imitating infants

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Is Synchrony Needed for Normal Development?

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1. Experiments using the still-face technique 2. An experimental practice in which an adult keeps his or her face unmoving and expressionless in face-to-face interaction with an infant 3. Babies are very upset by the still face and show signs of stress 4. Conclusions: A parent's responsiveness to an infant aids psychological and biological development, Infants' brains need social interaction to develop to their fullest,

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Attachment

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is a lasting emotional bond that one person has with another.

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Attachments begin

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to form in early infancy and influence a person's close relationships throughout life

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Attachment Types

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1. Attachment is a lasting emotional bond that one person has with another. 2. Attachments begin to form in early infancy and influence a person's close relationships throughout life

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Secure attachment

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An infant obtains both comfort and confidence from the presence of his or her caregiver.

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Insecure-avoidant attachment

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An infant avoids connection with the caregiver, as when the infant seems not to care about the caregiver's presence, departure, or return.

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Insecure-resistant/ambivalent attachment

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An infant's anxiety and uncertainty are evident, as when the infant becomes very upset at separation from the caregiver and both resists and seeks contact on reunion.

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Disorganized attachment

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A type of attachment that is marked by an infant's inconsistent reactions to the caregiver's departure and return.

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Measuring Attachment

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Strange Situation Key behaviors to observe:

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Strange Situation

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A laboratory procedure for measuring attachment by evoking infants' reactions to the stress of various adults' comings and goings in an unfamiliar playroom.

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Key behaviors to observe:

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1. Exploration of the toys. A secure toddler plays happily. 2. Reaction to the caregiver's departure. A secure toddler misses the caregiver. 3. Reaction to the caregiver's return. A secure toddler welcomes the caregiver's reappearance.

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Theories about infant Socioemotional Development

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Psychoanalytical Theory Potential conflicts Erikson: Trust And Autonomy Behaviorism Cognitive Theory Ethnotheory Systems theory The Big Five

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Psychoanalytical Theory

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Freud: The Oral And Anal Stages

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Freud: The Oral And Anal Stages

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1. Oral stage (first year) 2. Anal stage (second year)

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Oral stage (first year)

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The mouth is the young infant's primary source of gratification

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Anal stage (second year)

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Infant's main pleasure comes from the anus (e.g. sensual pleasure of bowel movements and the psychological pleasure of controlling them)

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Potential conflicts

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Oral fixation Anal personality

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Oral fixation

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If a mother frustrates her infant's urge to suck, the child may become an adult who is stuck (fixated) at the oral stage (e.g. eats, drinks, chews, bites, or talks excessively)

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Anal personality

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Overly strict or premature toilet training may result in an adult with an unusually strong need for control, regularity and cleanliness

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Trust versus Mistrust

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Infants learn basic trust if the world is a secure place where their basic needs are met

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Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt

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1. Toddlers either succeed or fail in gaining a sense of self-rule over their actions and their bodies 2. Early problems can create an adult who is suspicious and pessimistic (mistrusting) or who is easily shamed (insufficient autonomy)

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Behaviorism

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Parents mold an infant's emotions and personality through reinforcement and punishment

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Social learning

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The acquisition of behavior patterns by observing the behavior of others Demonstrated in the classic Bobo Doll study by Albert Bandura

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Cognitive Theory

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1. working model 2. A person might assume that other people are trustworthy and be surprised by evidence that this working model of human behavior is erroneous. 3. The child's interpretation of early experiences is more important than the experiences themselves. 4. New working models can be developed based on new experiences or reinterpretation of previous experiences.

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working model

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In cognitive theory, a set of assumptions that the individual uses to organize perceptions and experiences.

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Ethnotheory

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A theory that underlies the values and practices of a culture but is not usually apparent to the people within the culture.

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Ethnotheory Example

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1. Culture's ethnotheory includes the belief in reincarnation 2. Children are not expected to show respect for adults, but adults must show respect for their reborn ancestors indulgent child-rearing 3. Perceived as extremely lenient by Western cultures

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Systems theory

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1.Epigenetic approach to development (mechanisms that control gene expression and its effects on behavior and health), using all five characteristics of the life-span perspective (multidirectional, multicontextual, multicultural, multi disciplinary, and plastic) 2. Systems theory is especially insightful in interpreting temperament.

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The Big Five (acronym OCEAN)-aka 5 factor model

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Five basic clusters of personality traits that remain quite stable throughout life Found in many cultures and among people of all ages

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Openness

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imaginative, curious, welcoming new experiences

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Conscientiousness

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organized, deliberate, conforming

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Extroversion

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outgoing, assertive, active

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Agreeableness

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kind, helpful, easygoing

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Neuroticism

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anxious, moody, self-critical

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Longitudinal study of infant temperament (Fox et al., 2001): Grouped 4-month-olds into three distinct types based on responses to fearful stimulation

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Positive (exuberant) Negative Inhibited (fearful)

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Less than half altered their responses as they grew older

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Fearful infants were most likely to change Exuberant infants were least likely to change Maturation and child rearing has effect on inborn temperament

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The Effects of Parenting

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Proximal parenting Distal parenting

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Proximal parenting

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Caregiving practices that involve being physically close to the baby, with frequent holding and touching

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Distal parenting

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Caregiving practices that involve remaining distant from the baby, providing toys, food, and face-to-face communication with minimal holding and touching

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Goodness of Fit

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A similarity of temperament and values that produces a smooth interaction between an individual and his or her social context, including family, school, and community

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With a good fit

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parents of difficult babies build a close relationship parents of exuberant, curious infants learn to protect them from harm parents of slow-to-warm-up toddlers give them time to adjust

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Social referencing

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1. Seeking information about how to react to an unfamiliar or ambiguous object or event by observing someone else's expressions and reactions. That other person becomes a social reference. 2. Mothers use a variety of expressions, vocalizations, and gestures to convey social information to their infants.

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Fathers as Social Partners

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Fathers usually spend less time with infants than mothers do and are less involved parents

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Reasons:

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Fathers' own ideas of appropriate male behavior Mothers often limit fathers' interactions with their children Quality of marital relationship is best predictor Happier husbands tend to be more involved fathers

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Teenagers are less likely

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to lash out at friends and authorities if they experienced a warm, responsive relationship with their fathers as infants (Trautmann-Villalba et al., 2006).

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Infants may be equally securely

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attached to both parents, more attached to their mothers, or more attached to their fathers (Belsky et al., 2006).

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Close father-infant relationships

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can teach infants (especially boys) appropriate expressions of emotion (Boyce et al., 2006).

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Close relationships with their infants

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reduce fathers' risk of depression (Borke et al., 2007; Bronte-Tinkew et al., 2007).

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Mothers tend to engage

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in more caregiving and comforting, and fathers tend to engage in more high-intensity play (Kochanska et al., 2008).

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When toddlers are about to explore,

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they often seek their father's approval, expecting fun from their fathers and comfort from their mothers (Lamb, 2000).

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Family day care

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Child care that includes several children of various ages and usually occurs in the home of a woman who is paid to provide it.

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Center day care

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1. Child care that occurs in a place especially designed for the purpose, where several paid adults care for many 2. Usually the children are grouped by age, the day-care center is licensed, and providers are trained and certified in child development.children.

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The Effects of Infant Day Care

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1. The impact of nonmaternal care depends on many factors. 2. Psychosocial characteristics, including secure attachment, are influenced more by the mother's warmth than by the number of hours spent in non maternal care. 3. Quality of care is crucial, no matter who provides that care.

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