EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AT DIFFERENT AGE STAGES

The article analyzes the patterns of formation and development of the emotional sphere of personality in ontogenesis — at different age stages of growing up, from infancy to maturity. It examines the differentiation of emotions and feelings, the increasing complexity of emotional regulation mechanisms, and the formation of higher social feelings (moral, intellectual, aesthetic) within the context of leading types of activity. The emotional neoformations of each age stage are identified, and the social and biological factors of emotional development are revealed.