with objects — through looking, hearing, touching, mouthing, and grasping. The newborn lives in the present. What is out of sight is out of mind. For example, if you hide the toy in front of the child with which the child has been playing, the young infant would react as if nothing has happened, i.e.
s/he will not search for the toy. The child assumes the toy does not exist. According to Piaget, children at this stage do not go beyond their immediate sensory experience, i.e. lack object permanence — the awareness that the objects continue to exist when not perceived.
Gradually by months of age the child starts pursuing the object partially covered in her/his presence. The basis of verbal communication seems to be present in infants. Vocalisation begins with the infant’s babbling, sometime between to months of age. You will read about early language development in Chapter .
Socio-emotional Development : Babies from birth are social creatures. An infant starts preferring familiar faces and responds to parent’s presence by cooing and gurgling. They become more mobile by to months of age and start showing a preference for their mother’s company. When frightened by a new face or when separated from their mother, they Reflex Description Developmental Course Rooting Turning the head and opening the Disappears between and months mouth when touched on the cheek Moro If there is a loud noise, the baby Disappears in to months will throw her/his arms outward (although reaction to loud noises is while arching her/his back, and permanent) then bring the arms together as if grasping something Grasp When a finger or some other object is Disappears in to months; pressed against the baby’s palm, the replaced by voluntary grasping baby’s fingers close around it Babinski When the bottom of the baby’s foot Disappears in to months is stroked, the toes fan out and then curl TTTTTable able .
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