Maturation and Development of Emotions

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Maturation and Development of Emotions

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Role of Emotions | Parents' Interpretations of Infants' Emotions | Infants' Ability to Perceive Others' Emotions

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Infants at birth are capable of generating several distinct emotions in response to sensory stimuli. Their primary emotions are joy, fear, anger, sadness, disgust, and surprise. These emotions are characterized both by their early appearance and by their attendant prototypic and universal facial expressions (M. Lewis and Brooks-Gunn 1979).

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