FRHD 2260 Lecture 5: FRHD 2260 LECTURE 5

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2260
• Professor: Susan Chuang

Document Summary

Physical development (cid:1009)(cid:863) le(cid:374)gth/(cid:373)o(cid:374)th: 1 lb/month, head slowly becoming smaller, ~ 6 months- 1st tooth. Infant walkers delay walking: visual cue of crawling on floor is blocked by tray feet movement to brain. Important to use muscles than to be in a position to walk. Physical and motor development: creeping, creeping leads to better crawling. Memory: kicking mobiles, 3 months ~2 week memory, 7 months ~ 21 days, 3 months needed exact duplication, 7 months less context dependent. Play: egocentric active solitary play, treat others as (cid:862)o(cid:271)je(cid:272)ts(cid:863, understanding of cause and effect intentions leads to intentional communications. Liquid to solid: solids when child is hungry, small amounts allergic, at beginning solid added to milk not replacement. Infants interested in objects: mutual gazing, can enhance coordination of attention to people and objects via opportunities, appre(cid:272)iate (cid:862)jokes(cid:863, 8 months, aware people have intentions, table banging. Babbling: before (cid:1008) (cid:373)o(cid:374)ths, (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:271)reath properly, babbling=imitating the intonation contours of sentences.