Infant Behavioral States
Appropriate Adult Responses
Sleep states
Infant gaze and Social meaning to caregivers
Vocab
100
Regular Sleep and Irregular sleep
What is regular; 36 per minute. Eyes closed and still. Uneven, faster; 48 per minute. Eyes closed, occasional rapid eye movement?
100
Little movement (fingers slightly curled). Gentle Movement.
What is Do not disturb
100
Infants who are in any of the four sleep states shouldn't be interrupted or stimulated.
What is Sleep states?
100
Fully engaged, intent
What is Face to Face, sober?
100
Pointing to an object desired
What is Communicative gestures?
200
Periodic sleep and drowsiness
What is pattern varies (alternates between regular and irregular sleep)? Even, eyes open and close or remain halfway open?
200
Less movement than in irregular.
What is Do not disturb and pick up if drowsiness follows sleeping?
200
Quiet or alert inactive state, infants may appear to stare and is more likely to be responsive to stimulation and social contact.
What is Alert State?
200
Please, interested
What is Face to face, smiling?
200
Occurs when the infant notices that the adult is focused elsewhere in the classroom.
What is Gaze following?
300
Quiet Alert
What is constant; faster than in regular sleep, bright eyes, fully open?
300
Slight activity (hands open, fingers extended, arms bent at elbows.
What is Talk to infant
300
Is one of the infant's earliest means of communicating needs to the caregiver and has the expected effect of drawing an adult near.
What is Crying state?
300
Stop or change strategy.
What is Head lowered, Glances away?
300
Is about concrete objects, actions, and locations.
What is Referential speech?
400
Waking activity
What is irregular, face flushed?
400
Extremities and body moves
What is Interact with infant?
400
Babies learn to cry gradually from their social contacts with the adults who care for them.
What is Self-regulate?
400
Dislikes something
What is Rapid head rotation?
400
Is about emotional content, feelings, and social experiences.
What is Expressive speech
500
Crying
What is red skin; facial grimaces, eyes partially or fully open
500
Vigorous activity.
What is Pick up immediately?
500
Crying is a signal that demands action, caregivers must first guess the likely source of stress and then attempt to address it.
What is Soothing?
500
Has given up fighting off overstimulation
What is Head lowered, body limp?
500
Beings to appear at the end of this period. Toddlers show awareness when either an adult or another toddler imitates what they are doing.
What is Imitative learning?
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