The Pros And Cons Of Emotional Development

Are emotions learned throughout our lifetime or are we planted with certain ones when we are born? Merriam Webster defines emotion as “a strong feeling” (citation). These “strong feelings” play a tremendous role in our lives each and every day, but the real question is, are they learned overtime or are we born with a seed that tells us how we are going to be. Many theories have proven that some people are planted with a bad seed rather than learning emotions throughout their everyday life; personally, this is the theory I believe. To truly understand both sides, one must first understand the theories and see examples that support both sides of the theory. “Emotional development refers to the process by which infants and children begin developing

Smiling and laughter would be the two traits that are the most developed throughout this stage. The next stage in emotional development is the later infancy stage; this occurs from the age of seven months until one year old (Cite). Facial expressions, fear, separation anxiety, and socialization from here (cite). Since emotions are a large part of this stage, what children learn from their parents play a larger role than realized; it shows them how to show and express emotions (cite). Toddlerhood is from one year to two years old (cite). Personalities tend to form during this age for many children. A key emotion that is developed throughout this year is empathy; even though it is a general concept as of now, over time it develops more and more in the child’s life (cite). This is the time most parents’ dread throughout their child’s life; starting school. This leads to the next stage which occurs from age three to age six, preschool years. Preschool years are important for children due to the fact that they are starting to learn what emotions are acceptable in front of others (Cite). Actives such as ‘centers’ that occur during preschool often help the development of empathy because the child is being taught how to share among the interaction of others. Middle childhood starts at age seven and lasts until about age eleven. By now the child’s cognitive development is formed which allows to them

With Davidson stating that there are set stages in your life where one develops certain emotions and Dadds stating how we could essentially be born bad, is just one of many controversies among the theories. To an extent, identifying stages in which people develop a cognitive mind seems like a valid idea, but it shouldn’t be stated that everyone follows To me, Dadds’ theory seems for real because how is each child supposed to turn out the same. All children are not raised in the same environment, by the same people, or have the same genes. The idea that each person develops emotions the same way would be saying that everyone is the same essentially, which is a statement I could not believe. Many react to an experience different ways which would not support that we develop emotions the same; if we did then essentially wouldn’t we react the same way to an