Chapter 6

Goodness of fit: recognize child's temperament and work toward more adaptive functioning

Emotional contagion: match feeling of caregiver => be good role model
Social referencing: seek emotional information from trusted person
   Schacter and Singer's theory of emotions: interpret their arousal based on environmental cues

Self-concept:
   Freud: symbiotic relationship
   Piaget: has to acquire object permanence

   Subjective self: exist as agent
   Objective self: categorize self; sense of possession
   Emotional self: talk about emotions; self-conscious emotions; self-control