ABSTRACT
The general remarks made with reference to the social development scale apply also in large measure to the emotional development scale. The numerical scores indicate the grosser differences in emotional development between certain children, and the scores on the separate sections may show the different emotional trends of particular children. The scale is, therefore, of greater value for qualitative analyses of emotional development than it is for quantitative studies. Social behaviour is determined broadly speaking by present or past contact with persons, adults or children. Emotional behaviour is produced by extensive or intensive change in almost any situation. An emotion-producing situation which was found to bring out several different types of reaction and which is more or less subject to control is the mental test situation. This chapter presents the revised form of the emotional development scale.
