Describe three of the ways in which emotional regulation develops during childhood.
What will be an ideal response?
1. Cognitive strategies, such as thinking about situations in a positive light, cognitive avoidance, and the ability to shift the focus of one's attention, increase with age.
2. With greater maturity, children develop a greater capacity to modulate their emotional arousal.
3. With age, individuals become more adept at selecting and managing situations and relationships in ways that minimize negative emotion
. 4. With age, children become more capable of selecting effective ways to cope with stress.
5. With increasing age, regulation of emotion gradually shifts from external sources to self-initiated, internal sources.
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