1. PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN INFANCY
Chap. 5
Chap. 5
PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN INFANCY

2. Physical Development in Infancy
Age (Months)
Height (Inches)
Weight (Pounds) 3 24
13-14 6 26
17-18 9 28
20-22 12 30
22-24 18 32
25-26 34
27-29

3. Nutrition & Breast Feeding
What are some factors a mother should consider when deciding whether or not to breast feed?

4. Brain Development

5. An Infant’s Brain, Neurons, & Communications

6. Neonatal Reflexes
Moro Reflex
Imitation
Stepping Reflex

7. Locomotion: Standing and Walking
Motor Development
Head Control
Locomotion: Standing and Walking
Locomotion: Crawling and Creeping

8. Neonatal Problems Failure to Thrive Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Sleeping Disorders
Respiratory Distress Syndrome

9. Perceptual Development
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10. Fantz’s “looking chamber”
Visual Perception
Fantz’s “looking chamber”

11. Visual Adaption
Visual Cliff

12. Auditory Perception

13. Cognitive Development
Piaget’s Sensorimotor Period
Stage
Age
(Mos)
Cognitive Focus 1
0-1
Exercise their reflexes 2
1-4
Primary Circular Reactions 3
4-8
Secondary Circular Reactions 4
8-12
Coordinate Secondary Schemes 5
12-18
Tertiary Circular Reactions 6 18
Object Permanence
Sense of Space
Causality
Time Sequences
Object Permanence

14. Language Development Age Language From Birth Crying 2-5 months Cooing
Babbling
12 months
Single Words
18 months
Two Words
2 years
Phrases

15. First Words
Phonology
Semantics
Syntax
Pragmatics
Word Spurt

16. Holophrases & Telegraphic Speech