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5.2 The Infant
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Developmental Psychology (Physical Development and Health) Mind Map on 5.2 The Infant, created by Cy290994 on 16/02/2014.
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5.2 The Infant
Rapid Growth
Infants grow rapidly in first few months
Occurs in growth spurts
Soft cartilage harden into bony material
Newborn Capabilities
Reflexes
Survival
Annotations:
adaptive value
Primitive
Annotations:
not clearly useful
Typically disappear
Higher centers of the cerebral cortex develop to make voluntary motor behaviors possible
Absence is indicative of nervous system problems
Behavioral States
Infants need some time to establish a predictable sleeping pattern
Spend half their sleeping hours in REM
Associated with brain maturation and plasticity
Physical Behavior
Locomotor Development
Developmental Norm
Annotations:
average age of mastery
Early motor development follows:
Proximodistal Principle
Activities involving the trunk are mastered before activities with arms and legs
Master gross motor skills before fine motor skills
Cephalocaudal principle
Lift heads before control trunk to sit
Orthogenetic Principle
Differentiated and integrative motor responses more evident in older infants
Crawling
Annotations:
around 10 months; less babies crawl now than before
Walking
Stepping reflex disappears as infants need a more mature nervous system to walk
Big heads, short legs
Might start to walk and regress to crawling
Easier
Grasping & Reaching
Ulnar Grasp
Annotations:
press palm and outer fingers together
Bend elbow
Pincer Grasp
Annotations:
involving only the thumb and (fore)finger
Motor Skills as Dynamic Action Systems
Infants in 1st year spend a lot of time in rhythmic stereotypies
Annotations:
infants moving their bodies in repetitive ways
Occurs shortly before a new skill has been learned
Dynamic Systems Theory
Use sensory feedback to modify their motor behavior in adaptive ways
Falling allows infants to discover which surfaces are safe and unsafe
Self-organizing behavior
Nature and nurture inseperable
Different motor skills present different challenges to learn from; not generalizable
Health and wellness
Babies less than 750 g die within 1st year
Leading cause: congenital malformations
Immunizations protect infants from diseases
Health during infancy starts with prenatal care and prevents potential congenital anomalies and premature birth
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