Social Emotional Development
Birth to Age 2
Temperment
- quality and intensity of emotional reactions
- Three areas
- Passivity - how a child relates to environment.
- Irritability - how distressed they get.
- Activity patterns - how much the child moves.
Attachment
- The strong bond that develops between people
- Characteristics
- smiling
- cooing
- crying
- Separation anxiety
- child throws gets upset when caregiver leaves
Changes over time
Birth to Three Months
- general emotions
- Distress- crying
- excitement- alert
- no tears
Three to Six Months
- Responds to others by smiles and laughter
- different cries for different types of distress
- tears
- separation anxiety begins to appear
Six to Twelve Months
- become actively involved
- express happiness, joy, and surprise
- separation anxiety gets stronger
- develop fear
Twelve to Twenty-Four Months
- strong separation anxiety
- curious
- take interest in other children
- awareness of abilities
- say no for effect