According to the article what is the adaptive function of anger?
The critical adaptive function of anger is a distraction. There are numerous manifestations of anger in latency and children with ages up to 48-months. In the study, there are different forms of distractions exhibited by children with noticeable changes and variations to the wait situation. The adaptive function of anger in wait situation also changes significantly over time as the age advances. Additionally, the focus is another manifestation of anger. Its disproportionate variations are evident in the bids about the wait.
Given the means presented in Table 2 for “focus on the gift,” “bids about the wait,” and “distraction” what would you conclude about the developmental trajectory of these behaviors?
Concerning the table, the anger manifestation takes a decreasing trajectory over time. The decrease is evident in all the age groups factored in the study. Moreover, there is a sizable decrease in the children’s latency to anger with the highest recorded at the later ages, 36-48 months. During the period, there is a sizable decrease in the latency compared to the toddler ages. Distraction latency increases with increasing ages while anger decreases with age. In focus on gift latency, there was an all-even focus on the gift but an increasingly return to focus upon waiting with much witnessed between 24-36 months children.
What was the association between children’s ability to distract themselves and their expressions of anger?
Anger expression and distraction vary disproportionately between the two. Anger expression is increased in the later months so is the distraction in the later months. Between ages 24-36 months, there is an increase in both anger and distraction. At the subsequent ages, it is clear that there is the rapid increase in anger expression and self-distraction.
Discuss one limitation of the study. Explain why it is a limitation.
The study has a narrow scope. While it is important to understand the disparity in the infantry concerning developmental changes, the scope if the subject of study is narrow thus may lead to findings that are not so useful to adults. There is a disparity of 30 months between the subjects of study. In this age, children still experience almost similar physiological orientation that can have a direct influence on their behavior. Therefore, the age disparity between the subjects should have been a bit broader to cover the whole tender age.
Choose one of the research findings and discuss what you think the implications of the result. This can either be implications for future research, implications for intervention/prevention, etc
Distraction latency-the implications of quicker distraction latency as children become older is that sense of actions increases. In this regard, there is an increasing patience with age thus while constructing an intervention strategy, it is important to consider the subjects’ patient levels.
