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Scheibe, Susanne; Freund, Alexandra M.; Baltes, Paul B. – Developmental Psychology, 2007
The topic of an optimal or utopian life has received much attention across the humanities and the arts but not in psychology. The German concept of Sehnsucht captures individual and collective thoughts and feelings about one's optimal or utopian life. Sehnsucht (life longings; LLs) is defined as an intense desire for alternative states and…
Descriptors: Developmental Psychology, Self Actualization, Adults, Well Being
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Markova, Gabriela; Legerstee, Maria – Developmental Psychology, 2006
Predictions about the role of contingency, imitation, and affect sharing in the development of social awareness were tested in infants during natural, imitative, and yoked conditions with their mothers at 5 and 13 weeks of age. Results showed that at both ages, infants of highly attuned mothers gazed, smiled, and vocalized positively more during…
Descriptors: Mothers, Imitation, Infants, Interpersonal Competence