Motor Development
This reflex causes infants to turn their head and open their mouth in response to a touch on the cheek.
rooting reflex
This is the least developed sense at birth
vision
This is the first stage of Piaget's theory of cognitive development
sensorimotor
These are the first types of sounds infants typically produce.
cooing
This is the typical age range when infants start to walk independently.
9 - 15 months
This is the process by which infants become less responsive to a stimulus after repeated exposure.
habituation
This is the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they are out of sigh
object permanance
This is the typical age range when infants start to say their first word.
10-15 months
This principle of motor development states that development proceeds from the center of the body outward.
proximodistal principle
This is the ability to perceive the world in three dimensions.
depth perception
What are schemas
mental representations to organize knowledge
This is a form of communication that involves short sentences with only essential words.
telegraphic speech
Explain the difference between gross and fine motor skills. Answer: Gross motor skills involve large muscle movements, while fine motor skills involve smaller, more precise movements.
Answer: Gross motor skills involve large muscle movements, while fine motor skills involve smaller, more precise movements.
It's one fact about an infant's sense of smell
Infants are born with a preference for sweet tastes and can recognize their mother's smell shortly after birth.
It is the fourth stage of Piaget's theory of cognitive development?
formal operations
it's that high pitched speech to help infants learn language
child directed speech