Emotional Development from Infancy to Adolescence

Emotional Development from Infancy to Adolescence: Pathways to Emotional Competence and Emotional Problems offers a chapter-by-chapter introductory survey of all aspects of emotional development from infancy to adolescence, from delight, surprise and love to anger, distress and fear.

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Dale Hay is Professor Emerita of Developmental Psychology at Cardiff University. She has led a major longitudinal study to understand the origins of developmental disorders. She has taught developmental psychology, with special emphasis on social and emotional development, developmental psychopathology and developmental research methods.

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Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. More than a Feeling: The Study of Emotion and its Development: Trying to Define Emotion

Chapter 2. Distress and Delight in Infancy

Chapter 3. Surprise and Disgust

Chapter 4. Fear and Anxiety

Chapter 5. Anger: Fight v. Flight

Chapter 6. Sadness

Chapter 7. Happiness, Joy and Elation

Chapter 8. Affection, Love and Jealousy

Chapter 9. Empathy

Chapter 10. Shame and Guilt

Chapter 11. Afterword

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