CD2 / Psych 2 Ch 7: Infant and Toddler Social Emotional Development

CD2 / Psych 2

Ch 7: Infant and Toddler

Social Emotional Development

Infant Social and Emotional Development Becoming Attached Developing Social Skills and Becoming

Socialized Emotional Development Temperament and Personality

Becoming Attached

Attachment Ainsworth’s Strange Situation “Goodness of fit” Father-Infant Attachment Assessing Parent - Child interactions Attachment Theory

Stages of Attachment Stage 1: Asocial Attachment

(birth - 6 weeks) Stage 2: Indiscriminate Attachment

(6 weeks - 7 months) Stage 3: Specific Attachment

(7 - 9 months) Stage 4: Multiple Attachments

(9-18 months)

Socializing With an Infant•Preferred People?

- Stages of facial recognition- Stranger anxiety- Security

•Language Development?

- Turn Taking- Babbling and cooing- Parent-ese

•Social Skill Development?

- Building relationships- Making friendships- Learning social cues

Socializing with a Toddler

Favorite toys?

- Manipulation skills- Curiosity and discovery- Imagination

Favorite activities?

- Making decisions and choices- Self-help skills- Games and books

Favorite places?

- Home/family- Park- Zoo- Toy store- Play groups

Developing Pro-Social Behaviors

Empathy (feeling what others feel) Self-control (physical, verbal, tioleting) Self-awareness (hungry, tired, “done”) Self-help (dressing, toys and books) Speaking up (use your words)

Emotional Development

Early emotional experiences: pleasure, frustration, joy, discomfort

Naming the 4 basic feelings: happy, sad, hurt, mad

Play: learning to get along with others Coping skills: fatigue, hunger, frustration

Temperament and Personality Temperament

– flexible– fearful – feisty

Freud’s psychosexual theory of personality

Erikson’s psychosocial theory of personality

Self-Awareness

Social referencing Awareness of self: the process of

individuation

Freud’s psychosexual theory

Erikson’s psychosocial theory

Theories of Personality