A Developmental-Interactionist conception of emotion

02/21/2001

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PART VEmotional Development:Emotional Education andEmotional Competence

A Developmental-Interactionist conception of emotion

Emotional Development

Different aspects of the emotional readout are differentially accessible during development

Emotional Development

Emotional communication and socioemotional development: Propositions

PART VIEmpirical Studies of Emotional Communication:Animal studiesNormal SamplesPatient Groups

Operationalizing emotional communication: Studies in rhesus monkeys (R. E. Miller et al.)

Communication of Affect in Rhesus Monkeys (R. E. Miller et al.)

Monkeys separated such that the sender sees the light and the receiver has the bar, but sees the facial-gestural behavior of the sender via TV

Socially isolated monkeys unable to either send or receive vis a vis other monkeys (Miller et al.).

Conclusions (Miller, Caul, & Mirsky).

Conclusions: Studies of Affective Communication in Rhesus Monkeys (R. E. Miller et al.)

Operationalizing facial expression and facial communication:1. Studies in adults

RECEIVERS’ TASKS

Measuring Sending Accuracy

Facial communication accuracy in male and female adults

Relations between facial sending accuracy, verbal expressiveness, and two measures of autonomic nervous system responding

Relationship between facial sending accuracy andphysiological responses in adults

2. Studies in Children.

UnfamiliarPeople

Facial sending accuracy in preschool children

Relationship between facial sending accuracy andskin conductance deflections in children

Teachers’ ratings and facial sending accuracy

Conclusions: Studies of Adults and Children

3. Studies in Patient Groups.

Brain-Damaged Patients

PANTOMIME EXPRESSION AND RECOGNITION (R. DUFFY).

BRAIN-DAMAGED PATIENTS:MAJOR SYMPTOMS

Facial sending accuracy in brain-damaged patients

Correlations of symbolic communication measures and facial sending accuracy

Spontaneous vs. Symbolic Communication

IMPLICATIONS OF BUCK AND DUFFY (1980).

Behaviorally-Disordered Children

Behaviorally-disordered children and comparison children rate their feelings similarly (Goldman,1993)

Schizophrenic Patients

Schizophrenia patients showed patterns of self-reported and other-reported emotion similar to those of BD children.

Conclusions: Studies in Patient Groups

PART VIIClinical Implications

EMOTIONAL COMMUNICATION, EMOTIONAL EDUCATION, AND ALEXITHYMIA

Different aspects of the emotional readout are differentially accessible during development

Direct interpersonal emotional communication is impeded by social inhibitions of expression.

Direct interpersonal emotional communication is also impeded by insufficient social inhibitions of expression.

Measuring Expressiveness versus Sending Accuracy

PSYCHOTHERAPY = EMOTIONAL REEDUCATIONAND THE ATTAINMENT OFEMOTIONAL COMPETENCE VIA EMOTIONAL COMMUNICATION

Author: Buck

Email: BUCK@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU

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