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What are infant's 5 basic reflexes?
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Babinski- fanning of toesGrasping reflexes- strong grasp of object that touches fingersRooting reflex- Turning of head and opening of moth toward light touch on check or lipsSucking reflexing- self explanitoryMoro reflex- Outstrechting of arms or legs in response to a loud sound
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What are the visual preferences of the newborn?
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Infants prefer to look at patterns over solidsFavorite pattern is human faceInfants may be born without social reflex
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What are the implications of meltzoff and Moore's study?
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Infants can immitate facial expressioncross modal matching- matching of for example smell of something with textureGain depth perception at age nine months
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What is cross modal matching and what does it tell us about newborns?
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That infants can match smell and sight??
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When does an infant develop depth perception?
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Nine months
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What are the auditory preferences of a newborn?
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3 day old infants like mothers voiceRecognize certain intonations and phrases or passages read to them while in womb
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What are the implications of the concept of number in in infants?
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Babies shown to comprehend number on some level
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What similarities and differences are there in motor development? How does culture affect these stages?
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What are the basic and social emotions and when do they appear?
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Newborns display interest in environmentAround three months express delight/distress3.5-4 months=laughter4-6 months= anger, disguest and suprise18 months to three years show self concious emotions (ie envy, shame, guilt etc)
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What is self awareness?
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Can use mirror test to see if infants know their place in the worldDepends on brain maturation but self awareness seems to develop around 15 months
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What are the different qualities of attachment and how are they manifested?
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Security attached- positive relationship between parent and kid. Secure when parent is there, seperation distressed, delighted by reunionInsecure avoidant- hates seperation but aviods interactinig with parent during reunionInsecure ambivilant- Anxious emotional bond: child simultaneously seeks and resists contact at reunion
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What roles does contact play in development? roles of rhesus monkeys?
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Innate pleasure derived from contact, basis for infants first attachmentThe monkeys always went to the soft monkey for comfort
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What are the stages of language development?
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Cooing (2 months)Babbling (7 months)Single word (1 year)Two word stages (aka telegraphic speech) 24 months
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What is telegraphic speech?
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Child works in 2 word statements that usually consist of content words and devoid of function words
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What are the theories of language development?
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Learning theories- Form associations between words and objects in real world Language use is reinforced by parents Learn through imitationB. Chomsky's theory Born with capacity to learn language Language acquisition device- Built in mechanism for acquiring language. Born w/ predisposition toward language
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