Social Emotional Develpoment
Birth-age 2
Temperament
- Quality and intensity of emotional reactions
- Passivity, irritability, and activity patters are temperament
- Passivity is how involved an infant is
- Irritability is the tendency to feel distressed
- Activity patterns are movement levels in infants
Attachment
- Strong emotional connection that happens between people
- Infants become attached to their caretakers
- The quality of attachment depends on the adults
- Separation anxiety-baby protests because caregiver leaves
- SA begins at 6 months
- By 15 months, SA is very strong
- 9-18 months have difficulty starting childcare program
Changes Over Time
Birth to Three Months:
- General excitement and general distress are the only emotions shown
- Distress is shown by crying
- There aren't tears when the child cries
- Children respond with smiles and laughter
- Infants notice and smile at other babies
- Crying with tears to show distress
- Use different cries for different distress
- Infants become actively involved with their caregivers
- Make sounds responsively to other people talking
- Begin to develop fear
- Cry and show anger when caregivers leave
- Separation anxiety starts to show
- Become upset of what they think'll happen
- Become more interested in exploring
- Secure children are more likely to explore
- Start to take interest in other children
- Play next to, but not interact with
- Aware of their own abilities
- Self-aware kids like to say "no"