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Understanding

Understanding. Infants. Infancy is often defined as the time between birth and twelve months of age. Who is an infant?. Rapid growth and development during the first year of life. Requires lots of sleep and food!. Physical Development. Physical Development.

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Understanding

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  1. Understanding Infants

  2. Infancy is often defined as the time between birth and twelve months of age. Who is an infant?

  3. Rapid growth and development during the first year of life. • Requires lots of sleep and food! Physical Development

  4. Physical Development

  5. Infants learn using their senses and motor abilities to gain information about the world • Piaget called this the sensorimotor period Intellectual Development

  6. At 9 months infants learn object permanence—the understanding that an object continues to exist even when out of sight. Intellectual Development

  7. Language development begins at infancy. • By 6 months children understand some spoken words • By 1 year children usually speak several words Intellectual Development

  8. Vocalization—sounds that imitate adult language. • When adults respond to vocalizations, infants begin to learn that wants and needs can be expressed through language. Intellectual Development

  9. Bonding—forming a strong attachment to and preference for the primary caregivers. • Children develop a sense of trust or mistrust based on needs being met • The earlier they develop trust in others, the better their emotional health EmotionalDevelopment

  10. During the first year of life, children’s thinking is egocentric—they see everything form only their point of view. • Stranger anxiety—the fear of unfamiliar people. (starts around 9 months) • Takes several years of social experiences to help children be more social SocialDevelopment

  11. Assignment • In groups of two, look through magazines to find 3 pictures of infants. • For each picture, guess the age of the child by what the child is doing in the picture. Use the chart of motor skills to help you! • For example, if a child is shown crawling on hands and knees, a good guess would be 10 months old. Each picture needs to be for a different age range. • Use handout provided!

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