2B - Birth and Infant Dev

Question 1

Key Milestones in Infant Physical Development:

Answer 1

Responds to sounds in their environments–Responds to visual cues (i.e., movement and faces)–Starts to bridge head and push up body–Starts to scoot or roll and eventually crawl–Starts to grasp and hold objects–Starts to walk

Question 2

Key Reflexes in Infancy:

Answer 2

Sucking Reflex–Rooting Reflex–Moro Reflex–Stepping Reflex–Grasping Reflex–Babinski Reflex–Swimming Reflect

Question 3

Two Main Areas of Physical Development:

Answer 3

Body Growth: –Motor Development:

Question 4

Basic Brain structures:

Answer 4

Neurons • Neuro-transmitters•Synapses• Neuro-pathways

Question 5

Other Brain Structures: Cerebelum

Answer 5

Not completed until age 4

Question 6

Reticular Formation

Answer 6

Contributes to alertness and consciousness

Question 7

Corpus Callosum

Answer 7

Gender differences in brain

Question 8

Myelin sheath :

Answer 8

Attention span and myelination