Emotional development

EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Emotion derived from Latin word emover which means stir up.

• Emotion is a stirred up state of an organism. • Emotion is the product of perception. • The core of emotion is feeling. • Emotion may be either positive or negative. • Humor is positive emotion and anxiety is negative

emotion. • Emotion may be constructive in nature or destructive

in nature.

Characteristics of Emotional DevelopmentEarly Childhood• Emotions are frequent. They express common

emotional expressions like anger, joy, fear etc.• Emotion is related to concrete objects.

Children need a concrete object for the occurrence of emotions.

• Each emotion is temporary in nature. There is shift in emotional expression rapidly. If the child is in an unpleasant mood, he get a chocolate become happy.

• Children cannot hide their emotion. They does not bothered the social situation where they engaged.

• As the child grows the strength of the emotion varies. Intensity of the emotional expression is relatively less.

• Late Childhood• Child cannot control their emotional expressions in

social situations. They express their emotion at the time of the perception.

• Emotional expressions become less diffuse, random and undifferentiated. The emotion cannot be spread to other social situations. There is a mixture of emotional expressions related to a particular stimulus and cannot be differentiate it. Eg. Excitement is accompanied by fear

• Emotions are expressed in the absence of concrete objects. In this stage the child needn,t any physical object to express his emotions.

• Emotions are most contagious. Because children are most suggestible and dependence on others. The emotional expressions he share to elders.

• Cannot hide their emotions.• As the child grows the

strength and intensity of the emotion varies.

Adolescence1.Complexity• An adolescent person has undergone a lot of

stress and strain-ful situations. • We cannot understand him by his overt

behavior. • They learn to hide their emotions from others. • So it is very complex to identify the individual.

2.Development of abstract emotions

• They needn’t any concrete objects to express their emotions.

• It is highly individualized and can’t be identified it proper root.

3.Emotional feelings are widened

• The social contacts of an individual are more widen. • He is related to classmates, elders and young

people, emotionally attached heros etc. the influence of all these which sharpen their emotions.

• They develops an integrity about their past experiences and future expectations.

• So they become more patient and tolerate any delay in their life circumstances.

4. Bearing of emotions

• They can tolerate stress and tensions in various life situations.

• So they develop a sense of self control.

5. Capacity of sharing emotions

• They have a tendency to consider others feelings and share their emotions to others.

• Sharing of emotions reaches its peak at this stage.

• Satisfication of others is important. • So they engaged in the activities of others and

take role for others.

6. Loyalty expands

• Their social contact expands to neighbors and other social organizations.

• So they maintain a loyalty towards others.

7. Realism in emotional experiences

• He entered into the world of reality. • He becomes aware of his strength and

weakness. • This awareness reflect in their emotional

expressions.

8. Reviewing hopes and aspirations

• It is period of high expectation for his future. Some realistically hard-work for it.

• So they feel a positive emotion in it. • Others engaged in day dreams, fantasy or

remain in illusion. • Later they became unrealistic.

9. Tolerance of aloneness

• Develop a feeling of aloneness. • So they like to be alone in homes.

10. Increased compassion

• Develops sympathy & empathy.• Can enter into his own feelings and appreciate

the feeling of others.