Human Growth and Development

Emotions
- Crying
  - Basic (usually due to hunger), anger, pain
  - importance of quick response
- Smiling
  - gas, reflexive
  - Social
- Fear
  - separation protest
  - stranger anxiety
- Social referencing
- Can read adult emotion
- Jealousy
- Empathy
Temperament
- precursor to personality
- Chess & Thomas classification
  - Easy child
  - Difficult child
  - Slow-to-warm-up child
- Updated Characteristics
  - Activity level
  - Persistence
  - Distractibility
  - Initial Reaction
  - Adaptability
  - Mood
  - Intensity
  - Sensitivity
  - Regularity
- Biological components
- Goodness of fit
  - match between the environment and child’s temperament
Personality
- Erikson
  - trust vs. mistrust
  - autonomy vs. shame and doubt
- The Self
Attachment
- Bond between baby and caregiver
- Which is more important - food or contact comfort?
- Caregiver = "secure base from which to explore"
- Links to increased mobility & object permanence
- Strange Situation and Assessment of Attachment
  - Play sessions
  - Separation sessions
  - Reunion sessions
  - Secure
  - Avoidant
  - Resistant
  - Disorganized
Social Contexts
- Day Care