Author Question: Explain how different components of emotional competence are linked to children's emerging social ... (Read 87 times)

sheilaspns · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Explain how different components of emotional competence are linked to children's emerging social abilities at different ages.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease, is most harmful to infants during the

a. period of the zygote.
b. birth.
c. embryonic stage.
d. period of the fetus.

nekcihc358 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

There are three aspects to emotional competence: expressivity, emotional knowledge, and emotional regulation. Denham and colleagues measured these components in children at age three/four and again in kindergarten, along with assessments of social competence. At age three/four, emotional expressivity predicted both emotional knowledge and emotional regulation. But only emotional regulation abilities predicted social competence at that age. By kindergarten, a different pattern emerged in the data: emotional expressivity and emotional knowledge had increased in importance to social competence, while emotional regulation had decreased.

Answer to Question 2

D