Lecture 13: Lifespan Cognitive and Speech Development Flashcards
Can a baby turn its head to sound at 2 months?
Yes
Does a baby pay attention to faces at 2 months?
Yes
When does a spontaneous Smile begin?
4 months
What is a babble?
Just noises
When does a baby begin to babble (just noises) and attempt to copy sounds
4 months
will even try to copy tone
When does a baby start to react to familar faces?
6 months
When does the baby begin to get stranger anxiety
6 months (because this is when they can start to know faces)
What is reduplicated babbling begin?
* What is it
begins 6 months
= making the same sound over and over again - reduplicating a sound dadadadada
Prone on elbows with head up looking around is what month (90 degrees of head control)
4 months
prone on elbows w/ 45 degrees of head contorl
3 months
When do babies start to push onto extended arms form prone?
5 months
when can a baby begin using signs for communication?
9 months
NOTE: signs are good. If they’re using signs they typically start talking sooner - will decrease frustration because they can better communicate
* only a problem if this is the only way they communciate
When does a baby understand “NO”
9 months
* however, they may not care
When does the baby gain object permance
* What is it?
9 months
= think putting a toy behind back and knowing its still there (know it still exists when they can’t see it)
When does varigated babbling begin?
* What is it
9 months
= variable means change, so this just means the sounds change. contains mixes of consonant vowel combinations such as “da da by ba mi doy doy”
* So they’re mixing the sounds
reduplicated is just the same sound over and over: dadadadada
When does the baby start to use simple gestures, like shaking head “no” or waving bye-bye
12 months
When does a baby have favorite things or people (think stuffed animal)
12 months
When does a baby being to repeat sounds or actions to get attention?
12 months
When does the baby start using 2-3 words other than mama and dada
* NOTE: they typically start w/ nouns
12 months (the 2’s match up)
When does the baby say several single words
* minimum of 10 but should average 50-60 words
18 months
When will a baby start responding to their name?
18 months
* makes sense, they know words now
When can children follow 1-step verbal commands without any gestures
EX: sits when you say “sit down”
18 months
When will a baby start looking for help when in trouble?
18 months
What is a toddler?
From when they start walking (toddling) to pre school age
NOTE: Toddlers love the word mine
When does a baby begin to show defiant behavior?
24 months
NOTE: they arent defiant because they’re trying to be bad, but because they’re trying to do it their way