Emotional Development

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Emotional Development
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• What is meant by emotional development?
• How would you describe a person who is
  emotionally developed?

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Emotional Development

• The ability to maintain stable relationships with
  others.
• The ability to express ones emotions in a
  healthy manner.

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The First Attachment (Mom)

• Attachment is made at a critical stage.
• If such an attachment is not made during a
  critical stage it will never be made.
• If attachment is not made or an unusual
  attachment is made, the individual will develop
  in an unusual manner.

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Experiments with Animals

• Konrad Lorenz
• Hess
• Harry Harlow

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Konrad Lorenz

• Experiments with geese
• Imprinting attachment to the first thing they
  see moving.
• Critical Period 13-16 hours after birth
• If imprinted to humans, prefer humans instead of
  geese.
• Deep impression resistance to change

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Hess

• More geese experiments.
• Will switch from human to goose but not from
  goose to human if given the opportunity.

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Harry Harlowhttp//darkwing.uoregon.edu/adoption
/studies/HarlowMLE.htm

• Surrogate Mothers
• Rhesus Monkeys
• Role of mother
• Wire with bottle vs. Terry cloth
• (food) (Comfort)
• Effects later in life

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Human Implications

• Critical period is 6 months to 3 years old.
• Mary Ainsworth (1978)
• Attachment emerges out of a complex interplay
  between infant and mother
• Three categories of attachment based on
  temperament of child.
• 1. Secure attachment
• 2. Anxious attachment
• 3. Avoidant attachment

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• What is the ideal family for cognitive, emotional
  and social development?