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Peer reviewedLemerise, Elizabeth A.; Arsenio, William F. – Child Development, 2000
Interprets literature on contributions of social cognitive and emotion processes to children's social competence in the context of an integrated model of emotion processes and cognition in social information processing. Provides neurophysiological and functional evidence for the centrality of emotion processes in personal-social decision making.…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Children, Cues, Decision Making
Peer reviewedMacDonald, Kevin – Child Development, 1992
Provides an evolutionary account of the human affectional system. Warmth is conceptualized as a reward system which evolved to facilitate cohesive family relationships and paternal investment in children. Warmth must be distinguished from security of attachment. Relationships based on warmth can coexist with relationships based on exploitation.…
Descriptors: Affection, Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Evolution
