Emotional Development: Infant Behavior Analysis - Assignment

This assignment analyzes infant emotional development, referencing Santrock's work. It explores how infants communicate through emotions like crying and smiling, and how these emotions are influenced by relationships, particularly with mothers. The assignment details the author's personal experience observing an infant, highlighting the challenges of understanding infant behavior and the importance of recognizing emotional cues. The author struggled to understand the infant's needs, but learned the significance of emotional communication. The assignment emphasizes the need for further learning and awareness of infant emotions to provide adequate support. It concludes with a call for additional research and knowledge acquisition through seminars and online resources.