Infants Milestones Flashcards
Provide atleast one (1) social & emotional milestone for a 1 year old.
- Puts out arm or leg to help with dressing
- Cries when mum or dad leaves
- Hands you a book when they want to hear a story
Provide atleast one (1) language/communication milestone for a 1 year old.
- Says “mama”, “dada” or exclamations like “uh-oh!!”
- Shaking head “no”, or waving bye bye
Provide atleast one (1) cognitive developmental milestone for a 1 year old.
- Exploration of things by shaking, banging or throwing
- Starts to drink from a cup, or brushes hair
Provide atleast one (1) movement /physical development milestone for a 1 year old.
- May stand alone
- Pulls up to stand, and walks holding on to furniture
Gets to sitting position without help
At age 3, brains are approximately _% the size of an adult human brain
80%
Active engagement with the environment enables babies to develop ___?
Object Permanence
While Piaget’s experiments suggest babies under 8 months lack object permanence, recent studies show that babies as young as ___ months can exhibit an understanding of it
4 months
Time of exploration and experimentation.
Sensorimotor Stage
A theory that suggests babies are born with a language acquisition device, an innate capability for learning language
Noam Chomsky’s Theory
A form of speech adapted by parents or caregivers that have a higher pitch, exaggerated intonation and simplified vocabulary
Infant-Directed Speech
SUBSTAGE OF SENSORIMOTOR STAGE: Newborn begins to develop reflexes
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Reflexes ; Birth to 1 Month
SUBSTAGE OF SENSORIMOTOR STAGE:Baby begins to develop simple motor functions. Baby cannot anticipate events
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Primary Circular Reactions ; 1 to 4 Months
SUBSTAGE OF SENSORIMOTOR STAGE: Baby begins to imitate simple behaviors seen in others, and repeats behaviors that create interesting effects.
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Secondary Circular Reactions ; 4 to 8 months
SUBSTAGE OF SENSORIMOTOR STAGE: Baby develops behaviors to achieve goals. It develops an understanding of object permanence, and anticipation of events improves
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Coordinating Secondary Reactions ; 8 to 12 Months
SUBSTAGE OF SENSORIMOTOR STAGE: Baby imitates life-sustaining behaviors observed from others. Baby understands properties of objects - object permanence matures.
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Tertiary Circular Reactions ; 12 to 18 Months
SUBSTAGE OF SENSORIMOTOR STAGE: Baby engages in imaginative pkay. Baby develops basic probem-solving skills and engages in symbolic thought.
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Early Symbolic Thought ; 18 to 24 months
A type of speech ; more meaningful words where single words convey entire sentences
Holophrastic Speech
A type of speech ; combining words while omitting less meaningful parts of sentences
Telegraphic Speech
An infant’s ability to recognize faces and voices - providing a sense of familiarity and security. Important in forming social bonds
Infant Memory Development
Form of memory; unconscious recall, like skills and habits
Implicit Memory
Form of memory; conscious recall of facts and events
Explicit Memory
TRUE or FALSE: Newborns cannot recognize their mother’s voice immediately after birth
FALSE ; Newborns can recognize their mother’s voice that early.
A theory that suggests social interaction - specifically dialogue with more knowledgeable others - is integral to intellectual development.
Vygotsky’s Theory
A theory that highlights the role of observational learning in cognitive develoment.
Bandura’s Social Learning Theory
