Development Flashcards
full term newborn
40 weeks
premature newborn
less than 37 weeks
LBW
less than 2500g or 5.5
very LBW
less than 1500g or 3.4
extremely LBW
less than 1000g or 2.2
moro startle reflex
birth to 2 months
head is released and baby should be startled and flex a bit
bilateral abnormality: damage to spinal cord or brain
unilateral abnormality: shoulder bone or brachial plexus injury
Tonic Labyrinth Reflex
Birth to 4 months
head movements stimulate labyrinths
forward: arms extend
backward: arms curl
Rooting Reflex
Birth to 3-4 months
touch cheek and mouth should open
Grasping Reflex
birth to 5-6 months
put something in baby’s palm and they will grasp
Asymmetric Tonic Neck Reflex
birth to 6 months
turn head to one side and arms and leg should extend on same side
Spinal Galant
Birth to 4-6 months
stroking one side of lower back should flex toward that side
3 years old fine motor development
vertical, horizontal, circle
5 years old fine motor
cross, square, triangle
1 year old language
know own name, common objects, 2 words
2 year old language
3 word sentence
5 year old language
know colors, intelligible speech, counts to 10
sensorimotor stage
6 substages
Birth to 2 years old
6 substages of sensorimotor stage
Reflex Activity (1st month)
Primary Circular Rxn (1-4 months) - repeat actions they enjoy Secondary Circular Rxn (4-8 months) - attention to objects Coordination of Secondary Scheme (8-12 months) - anticipate events - child will move pillow to uncover object Tertiary Circular (12-18 months) - will look for hidden object - active experimentation Representational Thought (18-24 months) - mental image of objects and symbolic functioning
Preoperational Stage
2 - 7 years old
Deferred imitation: tea parties
symbolic play + sophisticated language skills
Egocentric, no conservation, focus on single aspects
no irreversibility of thought
Concrete Operational
7-12 years old
increased memory, reversibility, conservation + reciprocity
horizontal decalage + seriation and transitive reading
Formal Operations
12+ years old
abstract and solve problems systematically
