Infant Sensorimotor Development
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hjasmine on February 16, 2012
Subjects:
SFL 210, Child Development, Human Development
Description:
Terms associated with an infants' sensori and motor development.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Grasp Reflex | Holds on to fingers tightly; controlled by the medulla in the brain; possible origins from primitive cultures as a survival mechanism (lemurs holding to their mothers) |
| Step reflex | This reflex disappears about 6 mo. Into development, then reappears right before learning to walk (however, once walking is mastered it is no longer a reflex but a cognitive decision) |
| True | True or False: Babies have a swimming reflex. |
| True | True or False: Early hind brain reflexes can re-emerge in adulthood if an adult suffers from cerebral damage. |
| Sucking reflex | This reflex helps an infant eat from his mother's breast or from a bottle. |
| sweet, high energy | Infants have a preference for what kinds of foods? |
| Yes | Can babies taste in the womb? |
| Whatever the mother has eaten | In the womb, what does the amniotic fluid taste like? |
| 27-30 | How many times does it take (to try a different food) before a true taste preference develops? |
| Smell | Babies rely on ____ to recognize their mother. |
| oxytocin | This hormone promotes a pleasurable experience to mothers, promoting attachment and nurturing feelings towards their infant |
| touch | _____ is critical for biological growth and child development. |
| slower processing speed | Infants have a ______________, which lead doctors to once believe that they couldn't feel pain. |
| familiar; parents'; stories | Infants prefer to hear what is _______ to them; things like their _______ voices or ______ that were read to them in the uterus. |
| 2 months | Starting at about _____ babies can begin differentiating between happy and upset facial expressions and will prefer the positive ones. |
| native; familiar | Infants prefer hearing their _____ language, once again preferring the ______ to the new. |
| white noise | Infants love ________; it reminds them of the sounds they heard in the womb. |
| 12 inches | Newborns can only see _____ from their face. |
| 6 months | By ______ babies will have developed 20/20 vision. |
| immediately | If an infant has vision problems, they should be dealt with ________. |
| Vision | _______ is the least developed sense at birth. |
| faces; symmetrical | Babies have an immediate response and preference towards ______, and they prefer to look at ______ ones. |
| motor development | This is the #1 thing parents ask pediatricians about. |
| 1-5 months | When does a baby gain this motor development skill: Turns side to back |
| 2-7 months | When does a baby gain this motor development skill: Turns back to side |
| 4-10 months | When does a baby gain this motor development skill: Turns side to side |
| 5-11 months | When does a baby gain this motor development skill: Crawls |
| 6-12 months | When does a baby gain this motor development skill: Stepping movements |
| 7-12 months | When does a baby gain this motor development skill: Walks with help |
| 7.5-12.5 months | When does a baby gain this motor development skill: Walks holding furniture |
| 9-17 months | When does a baby gain this motor development skill: Walks independently |
| 11-14.5 months | When does a baby gain this motor development skill: Walks well |
| 10-20 months | When does a baby gain this motor development skill: Walks sideways and backwards |
| 12-23 months | When does a baby gain this motor development skill: Walks upstairs and downstairs with help |
| 15-24+ months | When does a baby gain this motor development skill: Walks with one foot on walking board |
| Later | Early talkers are ______ walkers |
| flat-footed | Toddler walk is very _________. They do not develop the heel-to-toe walk till the end of the toddler years. |
| Practice | ______ is important for developing motor development skills. |
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