Emotional regulation

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Which part of the brain is most involved in emotional self-regulation?

Frontal cortex (correct)

Occipital cortex

Parietal cortex

Temporal cortex

What is one key reason why emotional outbursts decline during early childhood?

Increased emotional sensitivity

Lack of emotional stimuli

Ineffective emotional regulation strategies

Development of the frontal cortex (correct)

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an effective strategy for regulating emotions in young children?

Seeking comfort from an attachment figure (correct)

Leaving the situation

Redirecting attention to a different activity

Talking to themselves

What do researchers call the process when children focus their attention on managing their emotions?

Emotional regulation Signup and view all the answers

How can parents help young children develop effortful control?

By providing emotional and physical comfort Signup and view all the answers

What problems are children at risk of if they have inadequately developed emotional self-regulation in early childhood?

Externalising problems Signup and view all the answers

What problems can excessive self-regulation of emotions lead to in early childhood and beyond?

Internalising problems Signup and view all the answers

Which gender is more commonly associated with internalising problems throughout life?

Females Signup and view all the answers

Which gender is more commonly associated with externalising problems throughout life?

Males Signup and view all the answers

What did Erikson propose about emotional control in early childhood?

Children need to learn emotional control without feeling excess guilt Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is an advance in emotional understanding during early childhood?

Children become more adept at controlling their own emotions. Signup and view all the answers

What is considered one of the major developmental tasks of early childhood?

Developing emotional self-regulation. Signup and view all the answers

What is the basis of subsequent actions according to the text?

Emotional states. Signup and view all the answers

What decreases from age 2 to 6 during early childhood?

Extremes of emotional expression. Signup and view all the answers

What is crucial to maintaining harmonious social relations?

Developing emotional self-regulation. Signup and view all the answers

By what age are children usually accurate in explaining the emotions of a situation?

5 Signup and view all the answers

What do young children become more adept at understanding?

Others' emotions. Signup and view all the answers

What decreases across cultures during early childhood?

Expectations for emotional self-regulation. Signup and view all the answers

What is one example of emotional self-regulation mentioned in the text?

Waiting in line. Signup and view all the answers

What do studies with children cards depicting expressed emotions show?

Children are accurate in explaining the emotions of the situation. Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Emotional Self-Regulation in Early Childhood

The prefrontal cortex is the part of the brain most involved in emotional self-regulation.
The maturation of the prefrontal cortex is one key reason why emotional outbursts decline during early childhood.
Talking about feelings to an adult is NOT mentioned as an effective strategy for regulating emotions in young children.
Researchers call the process when children focus their attention on managing their emotions effortful control.
Parents can help young children develop effortful control by providing a calm and predictable environment, responding to the child's emotions in a sensitive way, and teaching the child how to regulate their emotions.
Children who have inadequately developed emotional self-regulation in early childhood are at risk of problems with peer relationships, school performance, and mental health.
Excessive self-regulation of emotions can lead to problems such as anxiety, depression, and withdrawal in early childhood and beyond.
Females are more commonly associated with internalizing problems throughout life.
Males are more commonly associated with externalizing problems throughout life.
Erikson proposed that emotional control is central to the development of a sense of autonomy in early childhood.
Understanding that others can have emotions different from their own is an advance in emotional understanding during early childhood.
Learning to regulate emotions is considered one of the major developmental tasks of early childhood.
Past experiences are the basis of subsequent actions according to the text.
Temper tantrums decrease from age 2 to 6 during early childhood.
Emotional regulation is crucial to maintaining harmonious social relations.
Children are usually accurate in explaining the emotions of a situation by age 4.
Young children become more adept at understanding the emotions of others.
The frequency of temper tantrums decreases across cultures during early childhood.
Using words to express their feelings is one example of emotional self-regulation mentioned in the text.
Studies with children cards depicting expressed emotions show that children can identify emotions in others by the age of 3.

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Test your knowledge on the advances in emotional understanding and self-regulation during early childhood. Explore how children develop their ability to understand and regulate their own emotions, as well as comprehend and empathize with the emotions of others.