By the end of this course, it is expected that students will be able to:

• Outline major theories of emotion and emotion development
• Discuss the scientific and methodological challenges in studying emotions
• Explain the biological basis of emotion reactivity and emotion regulation, including the underlying neuroanatomy and physiological changes
• Argue traditional versus innovative and multisystem approaches in emotion research
• Recognise the association between emotional processing and environmental factors such as parenting and culture
• Understand how development of emotion and development of cognition contributes to emotion regulation development in early childhood
• Evaluate the current empirical evidence in early emotion development and develop a research proposal addressing a current gap in emotion literature by using an appropriate methodology