Chapter 8: Emotional Development

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Understanding Emotional Development

Test your knowledge on emotional development with this engaging quiz! Dive into the intricacies of emotions, their components, and how they manifest from infancy through childhood.

Explore key concepts of emotion
Learn about social emotions and coping strategies
Discover how emotions aid in communication

10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by ExploringEmotion101

What is emotion?

A subjective reaction to an important event, involving physiological or observable behavioral change

A feeling brought on by knowledge

A situation that brings upon negative feelings based on certain experiences

What are two components of Emotion?

Neutral and Sad

Physiological Changes and Readiness for Action

Observable Behavior and Empathy

What is Social Emotions?

The ability to use emotions to guide thinking and to think intelligently about emotions

Expressing no emotion or expressing an emotion that is different (but more acceptable) from what you actually feel

Complex emotions that emerge later than basic emotions (shame, embarrassment, guilt, pride, and envy

What is one strategy infants use to help them cope when they feel overwhelmed?

Crying

Sucking on a pacifier

Drinking their milk

Infants do not contain the ability to voluntarily control their emotions but they do however have strategies to help them cope when they do feel overwhelmed.

True

False

Out of the three strategies what is one strategy children use to cope with daily emotions?

Self awareness coping strategy

Motivation coping strategy

Problem-focused coping strategy

At how many months of age do children start to experience embarrassment?

12 months

15 months

37 months

Chapter 8: Emotional Development

Understanding Emotional Development

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