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vii PREFACE It was 13 years ago that we met for the ?rst time at a German developmental psychology conference. One of us, Wolfgang Friedlmeier (WF), was interested in ontogenetic development from a cross-cultural perspective. He presented a study on the development of empathy and distress in preschool age, dealing with how far children from different cultures respond to comparable demands with different emotions and regulation strategies. The other, Manfred Holodynski (MH), was - terested in ontogenetic development from the perspective of internalization: how processes that are originally socially distributed between persons are transformed into mental processes within the individual. He presented a study on the devel- ment of the emotions pride and shame in preschool age. This led the two of us to discover our common interest in central issues of emotional development: What role do the emotions play in an individual's activity regulation? What is it exactly that is "developing" when we talk about emotional development? Do emotional processes have a social genesis? And what is the role of the early social interactions between children and their caregivers, along with the obvious fact that individuals grow up and live in completely different cultures? Even at this time, we both already suspected that the social and cultural embedment of the individual would prove to be a key to understanding how the diversity of human emotions and their regulation develop.
List of contents
Perspectives on Emotional Development.- A Preliminary Summary.- The Design of this Book.- The Structuralist Paradigm: Emotion as a Specific Psychological State.- The Functionalist Paradigm: Emotion as a Psychological Function.- The Dynamic-Systems Paradigm: Emotion as an Evolving System.- The Sociocultural Paradigm: Emotion as a Co-Constructed Psychological Function.- Emotion as a Functional Psychological System.- From Interpersonal to Intrapersonal Regulation.- The Transformation of Expressive Reactions into Signs.- Levels of Action Regulation.- Preadaptation of Infant and Caregiver.- The Emergence of Sign-Mediated Regulation in Infancy.- The Emergence of Intrapersonal Regulation Levels in Toddlers and Preschoolers.- The Internalization of Mental Means of Regulation from Age 6 Onward.- Mental Emotions and Adult Emotion Regulation.- How Far are Emotions Culturally Shaped?- Emotional Development in the Cultural Context.- Summary and Outlook.
About the author
Manfred Holodynski ist Hochschuldozent für Psychologie der Arbeitseinheit 'Entwicklung und Erziehung' an der Universität Bielefeld.
Wolfgang Friedlmeier ist promovierter Psychologe und Wissenschaftlicher Assistent am Lehrstuhl für Entwicklungspsychologie und Kulturvergleich an der Universität Konstanz.
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vii PREFACE It was 13 years ago that we met for the ?rst time at a German developmental psychology conference. One of us, Wolfgang Friedlmeier (WF), was interested in ontogenetic development from a cross-cultural perspective. He presented a study on the development of empathy and distress in preschool age, dealing with how far children from different cultures respond to comparable demands with different emotions and regulation strategies. The other, Manfred Holodynski (MH), was - terested in ontogenetic development from the perspective of internalization: how processes that are originally socially distributed between persons are transformed into mental processes within the individual. He presented a study on the devel- ment of the emotions pride and shame in preschool age. This led the two of us to discover our common interest in central issues of emotional development: What role do the emotions play in an individual’s activity regulation? What is it exactly that is “developing” when we talk about emotional development? Do emotional processes have a social genesis? And what is the role of the early social interactions between children and their caregivers, along with the obvious fact that individuals grow up and live in completely different cultures? Even at this time, we both already suspected that the social and cultural embedment of the individual would prove to be a key to understanding how the diversity of human emotions and their regulation develop.
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"I have already adapted some of the book’s content into my undergraduate Developmental Psychology class … . This is an important book and one that will engage many others involved in developmental psychology (broadly) and emotional developmental and regulation (specifically). … a very nice book that will be read and reread by scholars interested in emotional development. … will become an important book for those interested in emotional development, especially as it relates to cultural impact." (F. Richard Ferraro, PsycCRITIQUES, August, 2006)
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From the reviews:
"I have already adapted some of the book's content into my undergraduate Developmental Psychology class ... . This is an important book and one that will engage many others involved in developmental psychology (broadly) and emotional developmental and regulation (specifically). ... a very nice book that will be read and reread by scholars interested in emotional development. ... will become an important book for those interested in emotional development, especially as it relates to cultural impact." (F. Richard Ferraro, PsycCRITIQUES, August, 2006)
