Children's understanding of emotion

Abstract

Part 1 Children's understanding of emotion - an introduction, Paul L.Harris and Carolyn Saarni. Part 2 Early understanding of emotion - young children's acquisition of emotion concepts, Patricia Smiley and Janellen Huttenlocher children's understanding of emotional state changes, Nancy L.Stein and Tom Trabasso. Part 3 Developmental change in understanding emotion developmental changes in children's understanding of single, multiple, and blended emotion concepts, Susan Harter and Nancy Rumbaugh Whitesell causal attributions and children's emotional understanding, Ross A.Thompson children's use of personal information to understand other people's feelings, Jackie Gnepp Part 4 The control of emotion: children's understanding of strategic control of emotional expression in social transactions, Carolyn Saarni awareness and self-regulation of emotion in young children, Mark Meerum Terwogt and Tjeert Olthop. Part 5 Emotion, empathy, and experience: understanding emotion and experiencing emotion, Paul L.Harris and Mark S.Lipian what children know and feel in response to witnessing affective events, Janet Strayer. Part 6 The role of culture and socialization practices culture, scripts, and children's understanding of emotion, James A. Russell the socialization of emotions - emotional culture, competence, and exposure, Steven L. Gordon cultural differences in children's knowledge of emotional scripts, Michael Lewis.