Social Emotional Development
Birth- age 2
Temperament
- Refers to quality and intensity of emotional reactions
- irritability and passivity are apart of this
- Passivity is how activity the child is involved with its surroundings
- passive infant withdraws while active infant responds
- Differ in level of irritability or tendency feeling distressed
- activity patterns vary in infants
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Changes over time
- Birth to three months
- no refined emotions
- may show excitement/looking alert
- Distress= crying