Describe the three factors (surgency, negative affectivity, and effortful control) related to infant emotionality. In what ways do these factors differ between boys and girls and in different cultures?
What will be an ideal response?
• Surgency – extraversion
• Negative affectivity – tendency to experience fear and frustration/anger
• Effortful control – ways in which infant attempts to regulate stimulation and response
• Boys score higher in surgency, girls score higher in effortful control, little difference in negative affectivity
• May be differences between Eastern versus Western cultures and among various Western cultures
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