4 pattern of crying

• Basic Hunger Cry


  Rhythmic pattern that usually consist of cry, followed by a briefer silence
• Angry Cry


  More excess air is forced through vocal cords
• Pain Cry


  Sudden long, initial loud cry followed by breath holding
• Frustration Cry


  Higher pitch an a more monotonic vocalization is associated with autonomic system activity during stressful procedures in infants
• Social Smiling


  Newborn infants gaze and smile at their parents; smile that occurs in response to external stimulus (2 months)
• Reflexive Smile


  A smile that does not occur in response to external stimuli and appear during the first month after birth
• Anticipatory Smiling


  Infants smile at an object then gaze at an adult while continuing to smile
• Self-Conscious emotions


  Arise only after children have developed self-awareness
• Altruistic Behavior


  Acting out of concern with no expectation of reward
• Mirror Neurons


  Underlie empathy and altruism
• Temperament


  An early-appearing, biologically based tendency to respond to the environment in predictable ways
• Easy Children


  Generally happy, rhythmic in biological functioning, and accepting of new experiences
• Difficult Children


  More irritable and harder to please
• Slow-to-Warm-Up Children


  Mild but slow to adapt to new people and situations
• Infant temperament


  Strong links with childhood personality at age of 7
• Goodness of Fit


  The match between a child's temperament and the environmental demands and constraints the child must deal with