Social-Emotional Development

Infants

Disposition• Mood • Temperament

– Way people react

Learning to interact with people and social groups• More infants are held, cuddled, talked to- the happier

they are• Learning to trust

– Erik Erikson• 8 stages where a person faces a task• More successful-healthier the personality• 1st stage trust is achieved by 2 ways

– Consistent environment– Basic needs met promptly

Bonding• Feeling of love parents and baby have soon

after birth

Attachment

• Feeling of love infant has for parents during 1st year– Strong attachment

• Helps overcome stress later in life• Helps mental development• Explore their world through play

Ways people show feeling through emotions• Thoughts that lead to feelings and cause

changes in the body• By age 2 months, emotions are developing

Love, Fear, anxiety, anger• Separation anxiety

– Separation from adult to whom they are attached• Infant rage

– Held against their will– Toys are taken away – You try to distract them when they have a need– React physically because they have no language skills

Handling Infant Rage• Parents should

– Remain calm-modeling– Hold close for a short time

Infant Emotion Project• Make collage of various infant emotions• Label each emotion (25)• Can only use one emotion per picture• Examples: happy, elated, angry, frustrated,

joyful, inquisitive, etc.

• Happy• Anxious• Sad• Mad• Angry• Frustrated• Excited• Playful• Exhausted

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