Infant Development Essay

Throughout this course, we have learned several different areas of the brain, as well as the differences between the infant brain, the child brain, the adolescent brain, the adult brain, and the aging brain. For this particular assignment, we have chosen to break down the importance of the infant brain and how it may appear different in development and content, from the others as it has not fully developed. We have chosen to include a total of 43 words, that of which all share an importance to the growth and development of the infant brain, however some more significant than others. In order to attract the viewers attention to the main ideas, we have chosen to enlarge, and bolden the most significant ideas throughout this stage of the brain. The majority of our words come from the information learned through Episode 1 of the documentary “The Secret Life of the Human Brain” and the information on the handout that followed. Important terms that were mentioned in…

Milestones and Stages of Development for Infants Age: 0 – 3 Months Physical - Babies often display fine motor skills as they attempt to make movements Intellectual - They are able to determine who their mother is Language - They communicate through crying to show discomfort, hunger or other conditions Emotional - Mostly smiling when comfortable or crying when uncomfortable Social - Are accepting of strangers and do not have anxiety Age: 4 – 7 Months Physical - Learn to reach out and grab…

Psychosocial development in infants and children develop when they are born. When we were kids, we would always get so happy when hearing a familiar voice, it made us feel safe. When only a few months old, babies form bonds with their caregivers. Babies get very attached to those individuals who feed them, and give them the warmth they need. It would be incorrect to say that the babies only form a bond with their mother’s, because babies form a bond with those who they are constantly with and…

Infant Developmental Summary for Sarah Sarah’s overall development needs referral for further evaluation. Sarah is a smiling happy infant, who makes eye contact, and babbles responding to the adults. Sarah’s gross motor development is at-risk, as of evidence she has not transferred objects from hand to hand, she also has not started rolling from her stomach to back and back to stomach. She has not yet developed sitting unsupported yet, and having her legs support her whole weight as she stands…

Babies are simply amazing in the amount of physical growth and mental development that occurs within the first year of life. What is fascinating are the distinct differences in development from one baby to the next in personality, physical growth and mental progression. Genetics certainly has a place within these areas of development; however, I want to dig into the external side of infant development within the home and caretakers. We see in the text a marked difference in the weight of the…

II Analysis Development of a normal 7 month infant Infancy begins from birth to around 1 to 2 years of age. It is said to be one of the stages in life that we see the most rapid development both physically and cognitively. Throughout the several months in infancy we expect and see the different milestones that a child has been able to cross, for example a child’s first smile, first word even first step. Every child develops in a unique way but there are some specific milestones that a child…

Cognitive Development in Infancy, I was able to reflect and come up with many questions, concerns, and comments about the material being read. This chapter talked about Piaget’s theory on infant development. There were three different things that were discussed in this theory. There is cognitive process, the sensorimotor stage, and then they evaluate Piaget’s sensorimotor stage. Cognitive process is developed mental processes, such as perception, memory, language, problem solving, and abstract…

Jean Piaget utilized the sensorimotor as the prime stages to justify the infant cognitive development. Within this stage, the child’s curiosity is put to use to discover the existing relationship between his physical body and the environment. According to Piaget concrete operational stage, children age 7 – 11 or 12 are eager to learn about their environment, they are more active and pretending. It has been found that children at those ages demonstrate strongest motor facility and play on more…

Preterm Infants and Development Victoria Davis Excelsior College Another physical complication of a preterm infant is blindness or Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). Retinopathy of Prematurity develops is the leading cause of vision loss in children. Because of being born prematurely the full development of the eyes is interrupted. ROP cause the blood vessels of the eye to grow abnormally and spread throughout the retina. Because these new blood vessels are fragile, they…

An infant’s cognitive development depends on many things; their interaction with adults to encourage talking, when they reach that stage of development; their interaction with other children their age and to give them the opportunity to explore a new environment that they are not familiar to, (Duncan, 2003). Child care is important as children are introduced at a young age to many different cultures and languages and these are the ways that children learn their much needed vocabulary and…