Developmental Psychology Terms From Chapter 11 Of Child Development

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emotions

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Complex behaviors involving physiological, expressive, and experiential components produced in response to some external or internal event

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basic emotion

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Emotion such as joy, sadness, or surprise that appears early in infancy and seems to have a biological foundation. Also called primary emotion.

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social referencing

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Looking to another individual for emotional cues in interpreting a strange or ambiguous event

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interactice synchrony

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Reciprocal, mutually engaging cycles of caregiver-child behaviors

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self-conscious emotion

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Emotion such as guilt and envy that appears later in childhood and requires knowledge about the self as related to others

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display rules

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The cultural guidelines governing when, how, and to what degree to display emotions

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attachment

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Strong emotional bond that emerges between infant and caregiver

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primary reinforcer

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Reward that gratifies biological needs or drives

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secondary reinforcer

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Object or person that attains rewarding value because of its assocation with a primary reinforcer

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separation anxiety

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Distress the infant shows when the caregiver leaves the immediate environment

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reunion behavior

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The child's style of greeting the caregiver after a separation

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stranger anxiety

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Fear or distress an infant shows at the apprroach of an unfamiliar person

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Strange Situation

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Standardized test that assesses the quality of infant-caregiver attachment

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secure attachment

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Atttachment category defined by the infant's distress at separation from the caregiver and enthusiastic greeting upon his or her return. The infant also displays stranger anxiety and uses caregiver as a secure base for exploration

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secure base

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An attachment behavior in which the infant explores the environment but periodically checks back with the caregiver