Expected Developmental Tasks during Childhood, Adolescence, and Adulthood Flashcards
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automatic, innate response to stimulation which are controlled by the lower brain centers that govern involuntary processes
Reflex Behavior
includes sucking, rooting, and the Moro reflex are related to instinctive needs for survival and protection or may support the early connection to the caregiver
Primitive reflexes
reactions to changes in position or balance
Postural Reflexes
resemble voluntary movements that do not appear until months after the reflexes have disappeared
Locomotor Reflex
Extend legs, arms, and fingers, arches back, draws back head
Moro
When you touch a baby’s palm, they automatically grasp your finger.
Palmar Grasp Reflex
_______ is done to avoid moro reflex
Swaddling
make strong fist (grasping)
Darwinian
When the sole is stroked, the toes curl inward (in infants) or fan out
Plantar Reflex
Fencer position (hand-eye coordination)
Tonic Neck
Mouth opens, eyes close, neck flexes, head tilts forward
Babkin
Toes fan out; foot twist in
Babinski
head turns, mouth open, sucking begins
Rooting
steplike motions
Walking
_______ is the first sense to develop, the most mature sensory system for the first several months
Touch
Infants can turn their head from side to side
Grasping Reflex
Starts to coo and play with speech sounds
First Month
Babies can lift their heads
Can grasp moderate sized things until they will be able to grasp one thing using right hand and transfer it to their left hand
Second-Third Month
Babies can now hold their head still to find out whether the object is moving
They can already match the voice to faces
Distinguish female and male
Discriminate between faces of their own ethnic group and those of other groups
Size constancy
Infants develop the ability to perceive that occluded objects are whole
Second-Third Month
Babies can keep their heads erect while being held or supported in a sitting position
Can now roll-over, accidentally
Begin to reach objects
Fourth Month
Babies cannot sit without support
Can start creeping or crawling
Could successfully reach for objects in the dark faster than they could in the light
They can now localize or detect sounds from their origins, recognizes sound patterns and phonemes
Sixth Month
a fine motor skill where a baby uses the thumb and index finger to pick up small objects.
Pincer grasp
Pincer Grasps could already manifest
Can start standing
Can now sit independently
Start babbling
Seventh Month
Babies can assume sitting position without help
Infants can now learn to pull themselves up and hold on to a chair
Eighth Month
They can now stand alone
First word
Tenth Month