Social and emotional skills are tightly interlinked in human development, and both are negatively impacted by disrupted social development. The same interplay between social and emotional skills, including expressions of empathy, has received scant attention in other primates however, despite the growing interest in caring, friendships, and the fitness benefits of social skills. Here we examine...

s From Section 1. Critical Importance of Emotional Development Biological Basis of Emotions: Brain Systems and Brain Development Harry T. Chugani, MD Functional neuroimaging techniques, such as positron emission tomography, have made it possible to noninvasively investigate brain metabolism during development. Studies have revealed a dynamic period of metabolic maturation and neuronal growth co...

Maternal expressive styles, based on a combination of positive and negative expressive patterns, were identified at two points in time and related to multiple aspects of preschool children's emotional development. Mother-child pairs from 260 families participated when the children were 3 years old, and 240 participated again at aged 4 years. Expressive styles were identified at age 3 using clus...

In recent decades, considerable progress has been made in our understanding of emotional development. Yet no single current theory can fully encompass all of the empirical findings. Herein I propose that aspects of several theoretical approaches can be incorporated into a novel view that is informed by the dynamical systems perspective.

The college years are a time of significant growth and change for students as they confront new ideas and experiences that may challenge what they already know and believe. Faculty members who understand these changes can design courses and activities that meet students’ needs and support their continued development. The links below present theories, research, and information on students’ cogni...

8 Data bases searched 9 Introduction 10 Definition of Emotional Development 12 Emotional Development and Learning 14 Attachment Perspectives on early teacher-child relationships 18 Attachment in Schools 20 Different Attachment Representations 21 Trajectories of Child-Teacher Relationships 24 Middle Childhood to Adolescence 26 Teacher Factors 32 Altering Developmental Trajectories: Teacher Inter...

The college years are a time of significant growth and change for students as they confront new ideas and experiences that may challenge what they already know and believe. Faculty members who understand these changes can design courses and activities that meet students’ needs and support their continued development. The links below present theories, research, and information on students’ cogni...

Forty-one high-functioning individuals with autism between the ages of 7 and 36 and an age and intelligence matched comparison group were investigated in their ability to recognized emotions in photographs. A colour identification task served as control condition. The autistic group was significantly impaired on the emotions task only. There was no substantial difference between groups in the s...