I. Foundations of Psychosocial Development A. Emotions 1. When Do Emotions Develop? 2. How Do Infants Show Their Emotions? a. Crying b. Smiling and Laughing
B. Temperament 1. Components and Patterns of Temperament a. Nine Components b. Three Patterns 2. Influences on Temperament 3. Effects of Temperament on Adjustment: “Goodness of Fit”
B. Developing Attachments 1. Stages of Attachment 2. Studying Patterns of Attachment: The Strange Situation 3. How Attachment is Established 4. Long-Term Effects of Attachment
D. Emotional Communication With Caregivers 1. Mutual Regulation and Social Referencing: “Reading” Signals 2. How a Mother’s Depression Affects Mutual Regulation E. Stranger Anxiety and Separation Anxiety
IV. Contact With Other Children A. Siblings 1. How Children React to the Arrival of a New Baby 2. How Siblings Interact B. Sociability With Nonsiblings
C. The Impact of Early Day Care 1. What is Good Day Care? 2. Day Care and Cognitive Development 3. Day Care and Emotional Development 4. Day Care and Social Development