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When is infancy?
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Birth to 15 months
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What is the principle psychological task of infancy?
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Formation of an intimate attachment to the mother or primary caregiver
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Describe separation from the mother or prumary caregiver
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Seperation from other or primary chargiver results in initial protests, whuch may be followed by signs of depression, in which the infant becomes withdrawn and unresponsive
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What is reactive attachment disorder?
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A disorder that children without proper mothering or attachment may exhibit. It includes:
a. Developnmental retardation b. Poor health and growth c. High death rates, despite adequate physical care d. Indiscriminate attachments to strangers |
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What did Harry Harlow do?
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Demonstrated that infant monkeys (particularly males) reared in relative isolation byu surrogate articficial moths do not develop normal mating, maternal, or social behaviors as adults
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Describe physical development during infancy
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Physical development proceeds in a cephalocaudal and proximodistal order. Children can control their heads before they can control their feet and can control their forearms before they can control their fingers
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Describe reflexes during infancy
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Reflexes that are present at birth disappear during the first year of life. These reflexes include the Moro (extension of the limbs when startled), rooting (nipple seeking), palmar grasp (grasping objects placed in the palm), and Babinski (dorsiflexion of the large toe when the plantar surface of the foot is stroked)
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Describe social development in infancy
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Social development proceeds from an internal to an external focus
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