Emotional Development (Spiritual, Social, Emotional, Moral)

EMOTIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
(SPIRITUAL, SOCIAL,
EMOTIONAL, MORAL)
WHAT ARE SPIRITUAL??

According to Oxford Dictionary, spiritual is
something that connected with the human spirit
rather than the body or physical things.
Basically, spiritual is related with the part of
person that includes their mind, feeling and
characters rather than the body.
SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT
DEFINITION
Spiritual growth is a way to integrate spirituality

to a higher and higher degree in our daily live.
The personal development to enlarge the
diameter of our belief in god.
PERIOD: INFANCY
Spiritual beliefs are considered as part of the

childs basic needs assessment, and also as an
integral part of our purpose of life.
Children need to have meaning, purpose and
hope in their lives .Also, the need for confession
and forgiveness is present even in very young
children.
During this stage children have no concept of right or

wrong, no beliefs, and no convictions to guide their
behaviour
However, the beginning of a faith is established with
the development of basic trust through their
relationships with the primary caregiver .
This is to paralinguistic and preconception stage that
embodies the trust between parents and infants.
The primary care giver provides the infants and young

child with a variety of experience that encourages the
development of mutuality, trust, love and dependence,
progressing to autonomy.
In developing the spirituality of infant, we help

them to become aware of:
The joy of being alive

The beauty of the natural world
The mystery and wonder of existence
The world of imagination and creativity
WHAT ARE SOCIAL??

Social development in children / infants is about
how they be connected with people or things
around them.
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF INFANTS

Infants are quite remarkable in that they
demonstrate more potential and ability at birth
than anyone ever thought possible. Infants, like
adults, learn by taking information in through
their senses.
The primary senses are taste, smell, touch,
hearing, but there are many more sensory input
sources as well.
The primary sense used by infants is sight,
followed by hearing, and touch.
The sense of touch

develops the infant
social development
The sense of hearing

develops the infant
social development
ONE TO TWO MONTHS OF AGE
During the first 3 months, an infant's

socialization is based around activities of feeding,
sleeping, elimination, and body positioning. The
infant also begins early stages of learning to selfregulate. In other words, to tune out when there
is too much stimulus and the arouse when
something of interest comes about.
THREE TO FOUR MONTHS OF AGE

Reaches for familiar people.
Identifying self in mirror.
Plays actively with small toy.
Plays by pulling something over face (peek-a-boo).
Plays while propped with toys for 10-15 minutes.
FIVE TO SIX MONTHS OF AGE
Sometime between 4-6 months, the infant begins

exchanging interactions with the caregiver. The
child may smile in response to being smiled at, as
well as begin to play simple back and forth
games, such as peek-a-boo. The infant also begins
cooperating with spoon feeding, dressing, and
other daily activities. Common behaviors you
might see include:
Smiles at self in mirror.

Discriminates strangers
from familiar people.
Works for toy out of reach.
Reaches for self in mirror.
SEVEN TO NINE MONTHS OF AGE
During the 7-9 month time period, the infant

begins to initiate activities. The infant will work
to gain the caregiver's attention, will strain to
reach an object out of reach on the floor, and to
perform other behaviors to manipulate the
environment.
TEN TO TWELVE MONTHS OF AGE

During the ten to twelve month period, the infant
begins checking self need against caregiver
availability. In other words, the infant will look to
the primary caregiver and cry when hungry, or
look for the caregiver to comfort a hurt or when
bored.
Recognizes familiar people from a distance of 20
feet.
Beginning to demand independence. Demands
personal attention.
WHAT ARE EMOTIONS??

Emotions can be defined as feeling, or affect, that
occurs when people are in a state or an
interaction that is important to them, especially
one that influences their well being.
Emotions
Positive emotions
(joy, love,
enthusiasm)
Negative emotions
(anxiety, anger,
sadness)
DEVELOPMENT OF EMOTION IN
INFANT DISTINGUISHES
LEWIS
BETWEEN
PRIMARY
EMOTIONS
AND
SELFCONSCIOUS EMOTIONS.
PRIMARY EMOTIONS
PRESENT IN HUMANS AND OTHER

ANIMALS
APPEAR IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF

THE
HUMAN
INFANT'S
DEVELOPMENT
EXAMPLE : SURPRISE, INTEREST, JOY,

ANGER,
SADNESS, FEAR
AND DISGUST
SELF-CONCIOUS EMOTIONS
ACCORDING
TO
LEWIS
CLASSIFICATION,
SELF-CONSCIOUS
EMOTIONS REQUIRE SELF-AWARENESS
THAT INVOLVE CONSCIOUSNESS AND A
SENSE OF ME
EXAMPLE : JEALOUSY, EMPATHY,

EMBARRASSMENT, PRIDE, SHAME AND
GUILT.
EXPRESSION OF DIFFERENT EMOTIONS

IN INFANTS
Joy
Surprise
Sadness
Fear
BONDING WITH BABY

INFANTS NEED PLENTY OF CARE AND ATTENTION IN
THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THEIR LIVES. A BABY THAT
HAS HAD ALL ITS NEEDS FULFILLED BY ITS PRINCIPAL
CAREGIVER WILL DEVELOP A BOND OF ATTACHMENT
AND TRUST WITH THE CAREGIVER AND WILL BE MORE
LIKELY TO DEVELOP INTO AN EMOTIONALLY SECURE
CHILD/ADULT THAN A BABY THAT HAS BEEN
NEGLECTED OR ABUSED. EMOTIONALLY SECURE
INFANTS GROW INTO EMOTIONALLY STRONG CHILDREN
WHO DO WELL IN SCHOOL, BUILD HEALTHY SOCIAL
RELATIONSHIPS AND DO WELL LATER ON IN LIFE.
MORAL DEVELOPMENT OF INFANTS

Basically, moral is about the concern of a person
about behaviour and about the principle of right
and wrong.
The officially recognized age of an infant is 1 year
and below.
But there is practically no way to effectively
communicate with children / infants so young, so
it is hard to determine the level of child moral
development.
During this period, children begin to understand
the world they live in, learn to speak and
communicate effectively and start to define their
sense of self.
Egocentric Reasoning
The first stage of moral development in children, according

to Dr. Lawrence Kohlberg, is referred to as egocentric
reasoning. From birth to the age of 4, children see the
entire world in terms of self. The justification for why
something is right is because the child is getting his way.
The only things that enforce a child's way of thinking at
this stage is that acting one way will earn him rewards,
and acting another way will earn him punishments.
Empathy
According to William Damon however, there may be

more to a child's development than that. The idea of
empathy--or of experiencing another person's pain and
emotions as their own--is something that manifests in
children of this age group. Young children who can
barely vocalize, have been observed trying to comfort
other people, such as a young boy offering his security
blanket to an upset mother. If a child were operating on
a strict punishment versus pleasure world view, then
this offering of comfort would be an difference.
Maslow
According to Abraham Maslow, a psychologist who

theorized on human development, people have a certain,
ascending order of needs that have to be met. The bottom
of the pyramid is a person's physical needs such as
hunger and thirst. The second level is physical safety and
security. Only after these two needs have been met, does
the third tier of love and belonging come in. It could be
argued that it is a person's need to be loved and to belong
that begins the development of a moral code that fits in
with the demonstrated morals of those who he wishes to
fit in with.
Learned Behavior
Infant morality, like most other forms of behavior that

young children show, is a learned behavior. While young
children are learning speech and grammar from their
parents, they're also learning about body language. Once
a child begins to comprehend behavior, he begins to
learn what's right and wrong by example. If a child is
punished for an act, then he learns that it must be
wrong in the eyes of his parents. It's only later, once
children begin to interact with people other than their
parents, and in situations outside their own home, do
they begin to develop a higher and more complicated
sense of morality than what they've been taught by
example.
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EMOTIONAL

WHAT ARE SPIRITUAL??

Spiritual growth is a way to integrate spirituality

Spiritual beliefs are considered as part of the

During this stage children have no concept of right or

The primary care giver provides the infants and young

In developing the spirituality of infant, we help

The joy of being alive

WHAT ARE SOCIAL??

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF INFANTS

The sense of touch

The sense of hearing

ONE TO TWO MONTHS OF AGE

During the first 3 months, an infant's

THREE TO FOUR MONTHS OF AGE

FIVE TO SIX MONTHS OF AGE

Sometime between 4-6 months, the infant begins

Smiles at self in mirror.

SEVEN TO NINE MONTHS OF AGE

During the 7-9 month time period, the infant

TEN TO TWELVE MONTHS OF AGE

WHAT ARE EMOTIONS??

PRESENT IN HUMANS AND OTHER

APPEAR IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF

EXAMPLE : SURPRISE, INTEREST, JOY,

EXAMPLE : JEALOUSY, EMPATHY,

EXPRESSION OF DIFFERENT EMOTIONS

BONDING WITH BABY

MORAL DEVELOPMENT OF INFANTS

The first stage of moral development in children, according

According to William Damon however, there may be

According to Abraham Maslow, a psychologist who

Infant morality, like most other forms of behavior that

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