Ross A Thompson (2006)
Feeling and Understanding: Early Emotional Development
Miscellaneous publication.
(From the chapter) Emotions are among the most biologically basic features of human functioning that are deeply rooted in the developing brain (Panksepp, 1998). At the same time, emotional development reflects the most important conceptual and relational influences in early childhood. Our purpose is to survey the landscape of this expanding research field. We begin by discussing the conceptual foundations of emotional development in infancy and early childhood, describing how children's earliest knowledge about the causes of emotions are based on broader, richer forms of psychological understanding. Recognizing that young children do not achieve these conceptual insights on their own, we then consider how the emotional climate of the family influences children's emotional capacities, understanding, and communication to others. Because one of the signal achievements in early childhood is the development of a sense of self, we consider the appearance of self-referential emotions such as pride, shame, guilt, and embarrassment in a third section, along with children's growing empathic capacities. Finally, we describe recent discoveries in children's ability to regulate their emotions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)
Database Name: PsycINFO.
Monograph Title: Blackwell handbook of early childhood development..
Target Audience: Psychology: Professional & Research.
Publication Type: Book; Edited Book; Handbook/Manual; Original Chapter.
Format Covered: Print.
Population: Human.
Age: Childhood (birth-12 yrs); Infancy (2-23 mo); Preschool Age (2-5 yrs); School Age (6-12 yrs).
Identifiers: emotional development; emotions; family; understanding; feeling; communication; self-referential emotions; emotion regulation.
Classification: 2840 Psychosocial & Personality Development.
Number of References: 113 reference(s) present, 113 reference(s) displayed.
Update: 20060717.
Accession Number: 2006-04286-016.
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