Thomas and Chess
The 3 types of temperament as told by Thomas and Chess.
The easy child, the difficult child and the slow-to-warm-up child.
Early-appearing, stable individual differences in reactivity and self-regulation.
Temperament
What are Rothbart's 3 underlying components included in the definition of temperament?
Emotion, attention & action.
What percent of children were a mixture of multiple categories?
35%
3 things temperament includes.
excitability, sensitivity and energy level.
Which dimension of temperament was identified by Rothbart and not by Thomas and Chess?
Fearful distress and irritable destress.
Why did the model spark controversy?
Judgements of child difficulty varies by caregiver and culture.
What explains how temperament and environment can work together to produce favorable outcomes?
Goodness of Fit
How many dimensions did Rothbart end up with?
Six