Child Development Ch 10 Study Guide

Lila is 5 years old and in kindergarten. In a lab experiment, a researcher presents Lila with photos of faces depicting happiness, surprise, and disgust and asks Lila to point to each emotion when it is labeled. How might we expect her to perform?

Lila can correctly identify all three emotions

A social group's informal norms about when, where, and how much one should show emotions and when and where displays of emotion should be suppressed or masked by displays of other emotions is/are called what?

Display rules

A perseverative focus on one's own negative emotions and on their causes and consequences, without engaging in efforts to improve one's situation, is known as what?

Rumination

A theory of emotion, in which emotions are thought to promote action toward

achieving a goal, is known as what?

The functionalist approach

What does "social referencing" refer to?

The use of facial expressions or vocal cues to decide how to deal with a situation

What would be an example of a person using a display rule in order to protect others' feelings?

A person smiling and expressing excitement even if they're disappointed about a gift, in order to avoid hurting the gift-giver's feelings.

Which of these would be the LAST to develop?

A) Showing a distinct fear expression.

B) Discriminating any emotional expressions on other people's faces from one

another.

C) Expressing happiness.

D) Showing embarrassment when the focus of attention.

D) Showing embarrassment when the focus of attention (typically emerges later in childhood as children develop self-awareness and the ability to understand social norms)

In a study discussed in class, children were left alone and told not to peek at a toy inside a box. What did this study demonstrate children's' ability to do?

Delay gratification and exercise self-control

Young children are told stories about things that happened to a character named Sonia. Which of Sonia's emotions will the YOUNGEST children be able to correctly identify from the context of the story?

Basic emotions like happiness and sadness

Passing the mirror self-recognition test has been linked to children beginning to display what kinds of emotions?

Self-conscious emotions like embarrassment, pride, guilt, and shame.

Teddy has a difficult temperament and is unmanageable and thus evokes negative emotions from his parents. This example illustrates what?

Children's influence on the expression of emotion in the home