The First Two Years

Question 1

Senses

Answer 1

All senses function at birth
Hearing (Last trimester)
Seeing (Immature at birth)
Tasting and Smelling (Adapt to social context)
Touch and Pain (Acute in infants)

Question 2

Motor Skills

Answer 2

Learned abilities to move some part of the body

Question 3

Gross Motor Skills

Answer 3

Physical abilities involving large body movements

Question 4

Fine Motor Skills

Answer 4

Physical abilities involving small body movements, especially of the hands and fingers

Question 5

Reflexes

Answer 5

Suck, root, step, palmar, plantar etc.

Question 6

Cognitive Substages

Answer 6

Simple reflexes, primary circular reactions, secondary circular reactions, coordination of reactions, tertiary circular reactions, and early symbolic thought

Question 7

Object Permanence

Answer 7

Concept that objects/people continue to exist when they are not visible, touchable, or heard

Question 8

Attachment

Answer 8

An Affectional tie that an infant forms with caregiver. Binds them together in space and endures over time

Question 9

Social Referencing

Answer 9

Seeking information about how to react to an unfamiliar or ambiguous object or event by observing someone else’s expressions and reactions. Other person becomes social reference

Question 10

Self-Awareness

Answer 10

Person’s realization that he or she is a distinct individual whose body, mind, and actions are separate from those of other people