Parents cant fake emotion to even 18 year old baby

Toronto: Babies as young as 18 months old can detect when a person's facial expression does not match the experience, a new study has found. Researchers from Concordia University, Canada, found that infants can detect whether a person's emotions are justifiable given a particular context.

The study shows that babies understand how the meaning of an experience is directly linked to the expressions that follow.
"Our research shows that babies cannot be fooled into believing something that causes pain results in pleasure. Adults often try to shield infants from distress by putting on a happy face following a negative experience," said psychology professor Diane Poulin-Dubois.

"But babies know the truth: as early as 18 months, they can implicitly understand which emotions go with which events," she said.

To perform the research, Poulin-Dubois and PhD candidate Sabrina Chiarella recruited 92 infants at the 15 and 18-month mark.

In a lab setting, the babies watched as an actor went through several scenarios in which emotional reactions went with or against pantomimed experiences.In one scenario, the researcher showed a mismatched emotion by being sad when presented with a desired toy. In another, she expressed an emotion that went with the experience by reacting in pain when pretending to hurt her finger.

At 15 months, the infants did not show a significant difference in reactions to these events, showing empathy through their facial expressions to all sad faces.  This indicates that the understanding of the link between a facial expression following an emotional experience is an ability that has yet to develop at that stage. At 18 months, however, the infants clearly detected when facial expressions did not match the experience.

They spent more time looking at the researcher's face and checked back more frequently with the caregiver in the room with them so that they could gauge the reaction of a trusted source.They also showed empathy toward the person only when her sad face was justified; that is, only when the researcher was sad or in pain when she was supposed to be. 

"The ability to detect sadness and then react immediately has an evolutionary implication. However, to function effectively in the social world, children need to develop the ability to understand others' behaviours by inferring what is going on internally for those around them," Chiarella said. The study was published in Infancy: The Official Journal of the International Society on Infant Studies. 

NIFT Exam Notification 2014

 

Online Registration	04thOctober, 2013 to 10th January, 2014
Last date of Online Registration	10th January, 2014
Last date of online registration with late fees of Rs.5000/- (in addition to the applicable application fees) through Credit/ Debit Card only. In case of DD, the print out of application alongwith DD should reach the given address before 17th January, 2014			17th January, 2014
Program	Phase I	Phase II	Phase II
	Paper Based Test (PBT 1)	Paper Based Test (PBT 2)	Computer Based Test (CBT
Bachelor of Design	9th Feb 2014	23rd Feb 2014	NA
Master of Design	9th Feb 2014	23rd Feb 2014	NA
Bachelor of Fashion Technology	9th Feb 2014	NA	23rd Feb 2014
Master of Fashion Management	9th Feb 2014	NA	23rd Feb 2014
Master of Fashion Technology	9th Feb 2014	NA	23rd Feb 2014
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Situation Test / Group Discussion / Interview		April – May 2014
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Online Counselling		June 2014 onwards

 

For Admission to 2014 session, candidate will have multiple options for taking the admission test as given below:

 

For any single programme a candidate may appear for the test on

 

• 9th Feb 2014 (Sunday)

• 23rd Feb 2014 (Sunday)

• 9th Feb 2014 (Sunday) & 23rd Feb 2014 (Sunday)

 

• Candidate has the option to apply for two programmes; taking test for the first programme on 09th Feb 2014 and for the Second Programme on 23rd Feb 2014

 

• In case a candidate has appeared for the test twice for the same programme; the better of the two scores will be considered.

 

• Separate application are to be submitted for each date and/or programme

 

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Eligibility for NIFT 2014

WHO CAN APPLY?

 

 

For Bachelor Programmes :

 

Maximum Age: 23 years as on 1st October, 2013. The upper age limit shall be relaxed by a period of 5 (five) years for the candidates of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribe/ Differently Abled Person (PHP) subject to following qualifications:

 

Eligibility for Bachelor Programmes – Design – B.Des.

 

(Fashion Design / Leather Design / Accessory Design / Textile Design / Knitwear Design / Fashion Communication)

• The +2 level examination in the 10+2 pattern of examination of any recognized Central/State Board of Secondary

Examination, such as Central Board of Secondary Education / State Board New Delhi, and Council for Indian School of

Certificate Examination, New Delhi.

or

• General Certificate Education (GCE) Examination (London/Cambridge/Sri-Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level/ International

Baccalaureate (IB).

or

• Any Public School/Board/University Examination in India or in Foreign countries recognized by the Association of Indian

Universities as equivalent to 10+2 system.

or

• A pass grade in the Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Open School with a minimum of

five subjects.

or

• 3 or 4-years diploma recognized by AICTE or a State Board of Technical Education.

 

Eligibility for Bachelor Programme – Technology

Bachelor of Fashion Technology (Apparel Production) (B.FTech.)

• The +2 level examination in the 10+2 pattern of examination of any recognized Central/State Board of Secondary

Examination, such as Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, and Council for Indian School of Certificate

Examination, New Delhi with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics

or

• General Certificate Education (GCE) Examination (London/Cambridge/Sri- Lanka) at the advanced (A) level with

Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics / International Baccalaureate (IB).

or

• Any Public School/Board/University Examination in India or in foreign countries recognized by the Association of

Indian Universities as equivalent to 10+2 system with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

or

• A pass grade in the Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Open School with a minimum

of five subjects with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

or

3 or 4-years diploma recognized by AICTE or a State Board of Technical Education (Engineering background).

SEAT MATRIX in NIFT 2014

Total Seats                                                                               =  2680

Bachelor Programmes: 1800 in B-Design + 330 in BF.Tech= 2100

Masters Program:          90 in MD +390 in MFM +MFT 100= 580

 

Campus Wise  Seats:

 

Bengaluru:                    235

Bhopal:                           90

Chennai                        265

Gandhinagar                 205

Hyderabad                         210

Kannur                          210

Kolkata                         240

Mumbai                        240

New Delhi                        295   

Patna                                        120

Raebareli                       90

Shillong                        90

Kangra                          150  

Jodhpur                               120

Bhubaneshwar             120

Department Wise Seats

(B.Des) – Design

 

1 Fashion Design 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 :      390

2 Leather Design 30 30 30 30                                                     120

3 Accessory Design 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30    :390:

4 Textile Design 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30           390:

5 Knitwear Design 30 30 30 30 30 30 30                                     210:

6 Fashion Communication 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30              270:

 

Bachelor Programme

(B.F.Tech.) - Technology

7 Apparel Production 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30                                  330

Masters Programmes

 

8 Master of Design 30 30 30                                             90

9.  Master of Fashion Mgmt 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30                                                                                             390

10  Master of Fashion  Technology 25 25 25 25            100

 

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Why Do Teenagers Get Depressed? New Age Parenting

 

Adolescence is a stage of life when teenagers go through a period of uncertainty and confusion as they try to find their feet and establish their independence. Everything seems in a state of flux - their moods, their bodies, and their relationships with family and friends. They are painfully conscious of their maturing bodies. They feel socially inept. They swing wildly between being shy and embarrassed to brash and rebellious in a bid to disguise their insecurities and confusion. Most teenagers emerge unscathed or maybe with just a few nicks and bruises. But there are others who just cannot cope with the tumult of emotions and they fall into a depression.

Depression is an all-encompassing gloom that envelops every aspect of a person's existence. It is different from the sadness one feels when one thinks of a rift within the family or the unhappiness associated with the failure to get into the university of your choice. Depression is not a mood or a phase. A depressed person feels that there is something fundamentally wrong with him and his life. He feels incapable of handling the smallest problems. He feels that nothing ever goes his way and that may be he doesn't deserve to be happy.

Signs of depression

Defeatist attitude: Depressed teenagers feel that they are destined to fail at anything that they attempt. They take failure personally seeing it as being directly related to their personalities rather than to anything they might have done. For instance, if they are snubbed at a party by an acquaintance, they will assume that it is because they are boring and not worth knowing. A normal teenager would just shrug it off and move on to the next person. As a result of this defeatist attitude, depressed teenagers rarely make the effort to do anything because they believe that they will fail anyway.

Impulsive behaviour: Teenagers affected by depression also tend to act on impulse. They feel that since they have no control over their circumstances and cannot seem to find a solution to any of their problems, they should do something and then forget about it.

Socially withdrawn: A depressed teenager is often withdrawn and antisocial because he feels that nobody would want him around. He feels that he has nothing of interest to say and does not have the necessary social skills to make him well-liked. He will avoid volunteering for any group activities assuming that he will be a burden and that he has nothing of value to contribute.

Uncomfortable sharing personal information: Teenagers afflicted with depression are uncomfortable talking about themselves because they think that the listener will judge them and find them wanting in every way. They do not want to open themselves up to any possible disapproval or criticism, which they take for granted as being forthcoming.

Psychosomatic illnesses: Depression can result in a teenager displaying psychosomatic symptoms like dizzy spells, headaches, stomachaches, etc. in an attempt to garner some sympathy. They feel that this is the only way they can get some positive attention. Their supposed indisposition can also get them out of uncomfortable situations that they may not want to face.

Wants to be someone else: A teenager is usually depressed because he doesn't like the person he is. He attributes all his problems to some basic flaw in his personality. Often he looks at his peers, especially the popular ones, and wishes he looked like them or had their money or their intelligence, which would guarantee that people would like him and find him interesting.