U-7 Diss Childs

Topic: Attachment, Self-Understanding, Emotions, and the Parental Influence on this Development In this unit, you will learn about emotional and social development in infancy/toddlerhood and early childhood. The focus of this Discussion is on attachment, self-understanding, and emotional development and the role that parents play in this development. Please respond to the following: Imagine that you are part of a large research study on attachment, observing infants and their caregivers. What infant behaviors would you look for to distinguish between secure, insecure avoidant, insecure resistant, and insecure disorganized/disoriented attachment? What caregiving behaviors might signal a threat to attachment security? What type of early parenting fosters the development of secure attachment? Children in early childhood (ages 2–6 years) begin to develop a self-concept — awareness of the set of attributes, abilities, attitudes, and values that an individual believes defines who he or she is. Self-esteem — judgments about one’s own worth — also emerges in early childhood, and children gain in emotional understanding, emotional self-regulation, and the capacity to experience self-conscious emotions and empathy and sympathy. During this period, parents are a big influence on their child’s development. Briefly describe ways that parenting contributes to a) self-concept, b) self-esteem, c) emotional understanding, d) emotional self-regulation, e) self-conscious emotions, and f) empathy and sympathy for children in early childhood (ages 2–6 years). Resources: Please read the following chapters in your textbook: Chapter 7: “Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood”, except Section 7.2 “Temperament and Development.” Chapter 7 focuses on emotional and social development in infancy and toddlerhood. Topics that are covered include basic emotions and the beginnings of emotional self-regulation, temperament, and the development of attachment, with a focus on Bowlby’s Ethological Theory. The beginnings of self-development are also explored, including self-awareness and self-control. TEXTBOOK: Infants, Children, and Adolescents