Temperament

= Definition: =

A person's behavioral style or characteristic way of responding to the environment. Gen Psych, Chapter 8, p. 256

= Examples: = [Easy Children (40% of infants)- These children approach new events positively, display predictable sleeping and eating cycles, are generally happy, and adjust easily to change. Difficult Children (10% of infants)- Patterns that include irregular sleeping and eating cycles, emotional negativity and irritablility, and resistance to change characterize children in this category. Slow-to-warm-up children (15% of infants)- Children in this group display few intense reactions,either positive or negative, and appear nonresponsive to unfamiliar people.]

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