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In emotional development during the first two years, infants progress from reactive pain and pleasure to intricate patterns of social awareness. Infant emotions changes as they grow; at birth infants cry or feel content. At six weeks old infant then develop smiling and laughing which is known as social smile. As they continue to grow more emotions such as anger, fear, and sadness eventually develops. Also, theories of infant psychosocial development plays key roles in infant development. For instance Freud believed that in the first year of life infant goes through a stage known as Oral and Anal stages. Infant use their mouth for satisfaction. The anal stage is during the second year of development; where infants enjoy bowel movements and they learn how to control them while being pleased.  Also, proximal parenting and distal parenting are compared. Proximal parenting are parents that are physically interacting with babies. Distal parenting are the opposite of Proximal parenting due to the fact that parents of distal parent are distant from children; they do not communicate with babies through touch instead by talking to them face-to- face. Cognitive theory also highlights children concept, or working model of the world.