AP PSYCHOLOGY

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

NEWBORN DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Emotional development of infants compares with social development in that:
A
both emotional and social development have a part in forming a child’s personality.
B
emotional development is more essential for a healthy childhood than social development.
C
parents should focus more on emotional than on social development.
D
trust building is more related to emotional than to social development.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Emotional development of infants compares with social development in that: both affect behavior toward others. both emotional and social development influence a child’s way of thinking and interactions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Starting from birth, babies are learning who they are by how they are treated. Loving relationships give young children a sense of comfort, safety, confidence, and encouragement. They teach young children how to form friendships, communicate emotions, and to deal with challenges.

Detailed explanation-3: -Social development refers to a child’s ability to create and sustain meaningful relationships with adults and other children. Emotional development is a child’s ability to express, recognize, and manage his or her emotions, as well as respond appropriately to others’ emotions.

Detailed explanation-4: -Social and emotional development means how children start to understand who they are, what they are feeling and what to expect when interacting with others. It is the development of being able to: Form and sustain positive relationships. Experience, manage and express emotions.

Detailed explanation-5: -Infants (birth to 24 months of age) can express a wide range of basic emotions including: discomfort, pleasure, anger, fear, sadness and excitement. As we learned in Chapter 6, infants are developing attachments to primary caregivers and may show some anxiety when separated from the important adults in their lives.

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