A research work
Presented to faculty of
College of Arts and Sciences
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in Theories of Personality
Developers:
Lyra Nadine Z. Semaña
Alvin Dimaano
October 2013
INTRODUCTION
Have you ever seen a child who has a tantrums?
It made us wonder on what or how a child has this kind of attitude.It makes us think on how tantrums can be triggered and on how can this be prevented. Tantrums are a normal and universal childhood phenomenon about which relatively little is known. Tantrums are neither good nor bad. We have saw some kids who are fun in whining, crying and also shouting especially when they want something. It made us think on how their parents can stand them in that kind of attitude. In some cases of tantrums that we have seen, we are shocked by a kid who was terribly wild in punching and pinching his mother in a mall. This kid wants a toy truck but his mother keeps on explaining him that they do not have enough money to buy it. As we can sometimes see, some parents are tolerating their child by doing so. They may not think about want would be the outcome of this if they tolerate their child. In our own thinking, why these kids are like this? We are intrigue if this is normal or something that we must focused on. In studying human behavior, tantrums could be a great part of a study. Tantrums, or emotional reactions that are out of proportion to a situation, appear to be universal to child development and appear to be more than a caregiving hassle. Children who have a history of intense and frequent tantrums are at risk for developing more serious emotional and behavioral disorders in late childhood. As a child discovers her autonomy, most parents must manage and cope with tantrums, the intensity and frequency of which can potentially create a lasting and negative behavioral dynamic. For these reasons, tantrums are important childhood phenomena that appear to warrant more