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Compare and contrast a child from younger age group with a child from an older age group. For the younger age group, I observed a 6-month-old, boy infant, called Manden, in my friend’s home. 1. Adult/Teacher Interaction: In an adult interaction, the child I observed were more engaged with the people around him by infant-directed speech. His mom and I were basically called his name by rhythm, and he responded to us by smiling and being excited. As I observe in terms of turn-taking, I realize Manden responded to the people around him after everyone is done talking to him. For example, he looked at the person who he believed is talking to him. After the person was done, he will smile or laugh. This matched the research by Jasnow and Feldstein, where they said mother and infants take turns with one another much more than speaking at the same time (Steinberg et al., 2011, pp. 142). 2. Physical Development: For Manden physical development, he did not start to crawl yet. However, he is actively rolling over his body while playing with his mother or sister. Other than that, whenever we put him in the baby’s chair, he needs the support, or else his head might fall down to the front. Based on the researches, Manden has not yet reached the norms of motor development, either gross motor or fine motor, for his age group (Steinberg et al., 2011, p. 109). 3. Language Development: In terms of language development, I did not hear any verbal communication from Manden along my observation. However, he can already recognize his own name and responded to it by smiling or wriggling. This is what I expected for a 6-month-old infant in their language development. Nevertheless, I did not hear Manden’s babbling like what is expected from infant... ... middle of paper ... ...2014, from http://www.secretsofbabybehavior.com/2009/10/infant-development-from-6-to-7-months.html McLeod, S. (2008). Erik Erikson. Simply Psychology. Retrieved March 21, 2014, from http://www.simplypsychology.org/Erik-Erikson.html Rock, A. (n.d.). Your 3-Year-Old: Development and Milestones. About.com Preschoolers. Retrieved March 21, 2014, from http://preschoolers.about.com/od/development/ss/Your-3-Year-Old-Development-And-Milestones_4.htm Senia, J. (2014, Spring). HD FS 102 notes, February, 2014: Iowa State University. Shonkoff JP (2003). Language delay: Late talking to communication disorder. In CD Rudolph, AM Rudolph, eds.,Rudolph's Pediatrics, 21st ed., pp. 441–444. New York: McGraw-Hill. Steinberg, L., Bornstein, M. H., Vandell, D. L., & Rook, K. S. (2011). Lifespan development: Infancy through adulthood. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
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Everything starts with development, from the moment that fertilization occurs, through the three stages: gremial, embryotic and fetal. Fetal period extends from beginning of the third month to the birth. It is a stage where fetus grows in weight and height, develops senses and reacts like a normal baby with sleeping patterns. For the two final months, organ development prepares fetus for the shock of leaving the sheltered womb and prepare baby for the real world. The senses are ready to function; some should already be functioning like: touch, taste, smell, and hearing. Fetus should already be able to hear sounds, environmental sounds like voices, stomach rumbling and respond to auditory stimuli. Hearing ability starts to well develop in the
A child goes through various stages in language development before they have a complete social understanding. When a child is born, they already have perceptual abilities, and can understand the speech sounds of any language, but, by 12 months the child loses that ability, and their understand of the sounds in their own language increases. Werker and Tees (1984) conducted an experiment and found that infants of 6-8 months could distinguish changes in speech sound, but by the time they were a year old, the could no longer hear the differences. Around 11-12 months, a child will begin to speak their first words, and will begin to apply labels and begin to name things, which stems from their pretend play. By 2 to 3 years old, a child will begin to understand everything that is said to them, and by 3 and a half years, their speech becomes more adult like. By 4 and a half years on, children have a much better understanding of language, and an understanding of metacommunication, such as tone, body language
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In Infant development, as newborns progress in their development, many changes occur. Neonates, newborns have preferences already for certain senses such as odor, tastes, sounds, and some visual configuration. However, through infancy a baby develop better senses of hearing, and vision. For example, at birth typically a child’s vision is 20/600 and will not reach 20/20 until age two. They can usually focus on objects or people that are up to 9 inches away and can following a moving finger. Newborns also prefer colored stimuli compared to gray ones, but do not develop full perception of color until they are about four months old.
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The child that I selected to observe through the course of this semester is a Caucasian female. Her name is “R.” She was born on April 24, 2013. She is currently 10 months old, but will be turning one year old at the end of the semester. “R” is a child who is very active. She has an independent but outgoing personality. At this stage, she exhibits uncertainty with strangers and other people she recalls but has not physically seen in a period of time. Some of “R”'s favorite activities include tossing objects, mirroring actions and movements, music, a...
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Aside from observing this child for an hour, I gathered the information from the mother, father, and the siblings of this child. Her mother enlightened me with some background information. Her father told me how close he is with her. Lastly, her siblings described the way she is at home and how they treat and play with each other. During my observation, I was focusing on the child’s behavior and recognizing the development of this child through his/her actions.
The infancy stage of development begins with the child is born, and continues until about eighteen months. During this stage a lot of growth takes place, especially physical growth. This stage of development coincides with Erikson’s stage of trust vs. mistrust.
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