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Feeling, or affect, that occurs when people are engaged in an interaction that is important to them, especially one that influences their well-being.
Emotion
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Emotions that are present in humans and other animals, and emerge early in life; examples are joy, anger, sadness, fear, and disgust.
Primary emotions
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Emotions that require self-awareness, especially consciousness and a sense of "me"; examples include jealousy, empathy, and embarrassment.
Self-conscious emotions
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A rhythmic pattern usually consisting of a cry, a briefer silence, a shorter inspiratory whistle that is higher pitched than the main cry, and then a brief rest before the next cry.
Basic cry
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A cry similar to the basic cry but with more excess air forced through the vocal cords.
Anger cry
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A sudden appearance of loud crying without preliminary moaning, and a long initial cry followed by an extended period of breath holding.
Pain cry
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A smile that does not occur in response to external stimuli. It happens during the month after birth, usually during sleep.
Reflexive smile
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A smile in response to an external stimulus, which, early in development, typically is a face.
Social smile
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An infant's fear of an wariness toward strangers; it tends to appear in the second half of the first year of life.
Stranger anxiety
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Occurs when infants experience a fear of being separated from a caregiver, which results in crying when the caregiver leaves.
Separation protest
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Involves individual differences in behavioral styles, emotions, and characterstic ways of responding
Temperament
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A temperament style in which the child is generally in a positive mood, quickly esablishes regular routines, adn adapts easily to new experiences.
Easy child
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A temperament style in which the child tends to react negatively and cry frequently, engages in irregular daily routines, and is slow to accept new experiences.
Difficult child
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A temperment stuyle in which the child has a low activity level, is somewhat negative, and displacs a low intensity of mood.
Slow-to-warm-up child
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The match between a child's temperament and the environmental demands the child must cope with.
Goodness of fit
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"Reading" emotional cues in others to help determine how to act in a particular situation
Social referencing
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A close emotional bond between two people
Attachment
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Ainsworth's observational measure of infant attachment to a caregiver, which requires the infant to move through a series of introductions, separations, and reunions with the caregiver and an adult stranger in a prescribed order.
Strange Situation
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Babies who use the caregiver as a secure base from which to explore their environment
Securely attached babies
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Babies who show insecurity by avoiding the mother.
Insecure avoidant babies
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Babies who might cling to the caregiver, then resist her by fighting against the closeness, perhaps by kicking or pushing away
Insecure resistant babies
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Babies who show insecurity by being disorganized and disoriented.
Insecure disorganized babies
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