The Development of Affect

430 Pages·1978·9.39 MB·English

by  Michael Lewis

The
Develop
ment
of Affect
Genesis of Behavior
Series Editors: MICHAEL LEWIS
The Infant Laboratory, Institute for Research in Human Development
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey
and LEONARD A. ROSENBLUM
State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Volume 1 The Development of Affect
Edited by MICHAEL LEWIS and LEONARD A. ROSENBLUM
The
Development
of Affect
Edited by
MICHAEL LEWIS
The Infant LaboratorY
Institute for Research in Human Development
Educational Testing Service
Princeton, New jersey
and
LEONARD A. ROSENBLUM
State University of New York
Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Springer Science+ Business Media, LLC
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Main entry under title:
The Development of affect.
(Genesis of behavior; v.1)
"Derived] from papers presented and discussed at a conference ... held under the aus
pices and with the support of Educational Testing Service in Priceton, New Jersey."
Includes indexes.
L Emotions in children-Congresses. 2. Affect (Psychology)-Congresses. 3. Develop-
mental psychology-Congresses. I. Lewis, Michael, 1937-0an. 10)- II. Rosenblum,
Leonard A. III. Series.
BF723.E6D43 152.4 77-19209
ISBN 978-1-4684-2618-2 ISBN 978-1-4684-2616-8 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4684-2616-8
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Originally published by Plenum Press, New York in 1978
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Contributors
JEANNE BROOKS, The Infant Laboratory, Institute for Research in Human
Development, Educational Testing Seroice, Princeton, New Jersey
JosEPH J. CAMPOS, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
DANTE CicCHETTI, Department of Psychology and Social Relations, Haroard
University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
THERt:SE GouiN DECARIE, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
RoBERT N. EMDE, University of Colorado Medical School, Denver, Colorado
HARRY F. HARLOW, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
JEANNETTE HAVILAND, The Infant Laboratory, Institute for Research in Human
Development, Educational Testing Seroice, Princeton, New Jersey
CHARLOTTE HENDERSON, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
SusAN HIATT, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
MARTIN L. HoFFMAN, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
CARROLL E. IzARD, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
JEROME KAGAN, Haroard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
EvA L. KATZ, University of Colorado Medical School, Denver, Colorado
DAVID H. KLIGMAN, University of Colorado Medical School, Denver, Colorado
MICHAEL LEWIS, The Infant Laboratory, Institute for Research in Human
Development, Educational Testing Seroice, Princeton, New Jersey
CLARA MEARS, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
v
vi CoNTRIBUTORS
HARRIET OsTER, Human Interaction Laboratory, University of California, San
Francisco, California
SALLY PROVENCE, Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connec-
ticut
DouGLAS RAMSAY, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
}AMES H. REICH, University of Colorado Medical School, Denver, Colorado
LEONARD A. RosENBLUM, State University of New York, Downstate Medical
Center, Brooklyn, New York
CAROLYN SAARNI, New York University, New York, New York
L. ALAN SROUFE, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
MARK D. STARR, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey
MARILYN SvEJDA, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
Jumm K. THORPE, University of Colorado Medical School, Denver, Colorado
TED D. WADE, University of Colorado Medical School, Denver, Colorado
Preface
How are we to understand the complex forces that shape human
behavior? A variety of diverse perspectives, drawing upon studies of
human behavioral ontogeny, as well as humanity's evolutionary herit
age seem to provide the best likelihood of success. It is in the attempt to
synthesize such potentially disparate approaches to human develop
ment into an integrated whole that we undertake this series on the
Genesis of Behavior.
In many respects, the incredible burgeoning of research in child
development over the last decade or two seems like a thousand lines of
inquiry spreading outward in an incoherent starburst of effort. The need
exists to provide, on an ongoing basis, an arena of discourse within
which the threads of continuity between those diverse lines of research
on human development can be woven into a fabric of meaning and
understanding. Scientists, scholars, and those who attempt to translate
their efforts into the practical realities of the care and guidance of infants
and children are the audience that we seek to reach. Each requires the
opportunity to see-to the degree that our knowledge in given areas
permits-various aspects of development in a coherent, integrated
fashion. It is hoped that this series-by bringing together research on
infant biology; developing infant capacities; animal models, the impact
of social, cultural, and familial forces on development, and the distorted
products of such forces under certain circumstances-will serve these
important social and scientific needs.
This se~ies, Genesis of Behavior, is the successor to a previous
series of volumes by us entitled Origins of Behavior. As in the
past, it is our intention that each volume in this series will deal with
a single topic that has broad significance for our understanding of
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viii PREFACE
human development. Into its focus on a specific area, each volume will
bring both empirical and theoretical perspectives and analysis at the
many levels of investigation necessary to a balanced appreciation of the
complexity of the problem at hand. Thus, each volume will consider the
confluence of the genetic, physiological, and neurophysiological factors
that influence the individual infant and the dyadic, familial, and societal
contexts within which development occurs. Moreover, each volume will
bring together the vantage points provided by studies of human infants
and pertinent aspects of animal behavior, with particular emphasis on
nonhuman primates.
Just as this series will draw upon the special expertise and view
points of workers in many disciplines, it is our hope that the product of
these labors will speak to the needs and interests of a diverse audience,
including physiologists, ethologists, sociologists, psychologists, pedia
tricians, obstetricians, and clinicians and scientists in many related
fields. As in years past, we hold to our original objectives in this series of
volumes to provide both stimulation and guidance to all among us who
are concerned with humans, their past, their present, and their future.
The present volume, the first in the series Genesis of Behavior,
represents the concerted attempt to awaken interest in, focus atten
tion on, and motivate others to study the development of affect.
While the history of psychology attests to the interest in affect, until
recently relatively little attention or effort has been given to the inquiry
into affective development. Thus, in the last two decades, a plethora of
studies on cognitive and perceptual development have appeared while
affective development has been almost ignored. Given our commitment
to the integration of diverse categories of human behavior into a
balanced and holistic approach to development, such an absence of
material appears unwarranted and potentially dangerous for the con
struction of models of growth, development, and change. With the
emergence of new technologies, as in facial measurement or measure
ment of autonomic nervous system responsivity, and the growth of our
knowledge about the perceptual and cognitive development of the
growing child, it would appear that there now exists a significant set of
tools and theoretical perspectives to allow us to undertake the explora
tion of the development of a significant category of human behavior that
is still relatively unexplored: affective growth and development.
The structure of the volume is such that the reader will be able to
find information on general issues in the study of affect, the measure
ment of affect, the relationship of affect to cognition and the develop
ment of self, and, from a clinical perspective, individual differences in
affect development and affective dysfunction, particularly as it appears
in Down's syndrome infants. These various perspectives within the
PREFACE ix
domain of affect provide an integrated framework in which to view the
meaning and development of affect.
The chapters in this volume derive from papers presented and
discussed at a conference on affect development held under the auspices
and with the support of Educational Testing Service in Princeton, New
Jersey. The participants in the conference were Clara Mears Harlow,
Harry F. Harlow, Joseph J. Campos, Harriet Oster, Jeannette Haviland,
Jeanne Brooks, Michael Lewis, Robert Emde, Dante Cicchetti, Jerome
Kagan, Leonard A. Rosenblum, Therese Gouin Decarie, Sally Provence,
Martin Hoffman, Carroll Izard, Allen Wiesenfeld, and Carolyn Saarni.
Michael Lewis
Princeton, New Jersey
Leonard A. Rosenblum
Brooklyn, New York