Case Study: My Ten Month Old Child

Developmental change is an elementary fact of human life and the first three years are crucial for the individual. Each infant and/or toddler has a unique development path, yet each respective development process shares the same principles that have been outlined by years of psychological studies. By observing the substructures of development, one may gain an appreciation for life and a greater understanding of what is normal. Recently, I conducted an observation of my ten month old daughter, Molly Kate Smith. The intent of the assignment was to record the child’s gross and fine motor skills and to explain how the infant’s experiences in moving about freely and handling objects contribute to: object perception, depth perception, pattern perception and intermodal perception.
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She would crash into walls from the back and front, puzzled but soon discovered an exit route to the next room. It was soon time to lay Molly down for a nap and I gathered two different books; she showed pattern perception as she selected the colorful design, rather than the insipid, gray cover. Lastly, while reading to Molly, I could conclude that she was exhibiting the intermodal perception, because she experienced various sense modalities through me talking to her. Molly modeled object perception through beating her dog in the face with a stuffed toy, or by picking up her sippy cup and examining it before taking a drink. She displayed depth perception by judging the distance between her hand and my mouth; this allowed Molly to unexpectedly shove her pacifier into my mouth. At the conclusion of the assignment, I concluded that Molly Kate exemplified many, if not all of the gross and fine motor skills for a child her age. Each of the four perceptions listed above were visible during my infant’s activity, mainly brought on from the experiences provided by her