Chapter 7 socioemotional development

In infancy

Newborns of different species vary in their ability to enter the world and function on their own. This chapter describes the developmental status of human newborn and its socioemotional development.

But before reading try to do the following:

a) answer and discuss the following questions:

1. Do you agree with the claim that day-care is harmful to infant social development?

2. Could you explain how infants socialize their parents?

3. Is family a system of interacting individuals? Discuss possible causes of individual differences in attachment.

b) explain the term “attachment” [ə'tæt∫mənt] (привязанность, преданность) in English.

c) find synonyms and antonyms to:

care, support, resolution.

d) guess the meaning of the following words and word combinations without using the dictionary.

Socialization, socialize, genetics, temperament, social competence, university, programs, emotions, functions, communication, distress, surprise, developmentalists, reflexive, affect, theme, process, critical, individual, autism, sexual, routine, organic, genetic dysfunction.

e) do the following phonetic exercises:

Ex.1. Transcribe and pronounce the words given below.

Current, view, turn, such, various.

Ex.2. Read the following clusters with assimilation.

Is that; that the; and the.

Ex.3. Pronounce the words from the text containing the sound [w] correctly.

One's, forward, between, weeks, when, acquires, widespread, was.

Ex.4. Pronounce the words from the text containing the sound [r].

Children, grow, current, reciprocal, parents, rules, interactions; direct, indirect, marital, relations, illustrated relationships, carry, temperament, contemporary, nurturant, operate, history, experiences, programs from, reared, increased, aggression, characteristic, consideration, regulation, interest, distress, present, surprise, cries, respond, crisis, trust, mistrust; central, process, separation, critical, period, requires, cultural, recognized, relate, routine, environment, brain, protect.

Ex.5. Pronounce the words from the text containing the nasal sound [ŋ].

Scaffolding, taking, parenting, caregiving, receiving, during, anger, understanding, maintaining.

Ex.6. Pronounce the words from the text containing the voiced sound [ð].

The, that, them, mother-father, other, they, than, these, their, this.

Ex.7. Pronounce the words from the text containing the voiceless sound [Ө].

Months, theorists, three, birth, theme, both, health.

Ex.8. Pronounce the words from the text containing the sound [v].

View, various, however, behavior, caregiver, developmentalists, believe, overemphasized, diverse, active, sensitive, positive, negative, university, behavior, developmental, development, conceived, serve, survival, develop, reflexive versus, individuation, individual, paves, severe, involves, over, environment, effective.

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