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 * **What is it?**
 * **Infant**
 * **Child**

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 * __Developmental Psychology__ is the study of changes that occur, as people grow older, spanning of their life cycle. A child's development can be measured through social, physical, and cognitive developmental milestones.
 * Beginning of Life
 * Sucking thumb, kicking, stretching (before birth)
 * __Innate reflexes__
 * Rooting
 * Sucking
 * Grasping
 * Moro/startle
 * Babinksi
 * Maturation (first years)
 * Internally programmed growth
 * [[image:stages.jpeg width="217" height="53"]]**(milestones)**
 * 0 months-fetal, can show likes/dislikes in taste
 * 1 month-chin up
 * 2 months-chest up, distinguish color
 * 3 months-reach and miss
 * 4 months- sit with support
 * 5 months-sit on lap, grasp objects
 * 6 months-high chair
 * 7 months-sit alone
 * 8 months-stand with help
 * 9 months-start holding furniture
 * 10 months-creep
 * 11 months-walk when led
 * 12 months-pull to stand
 * 13 months-climb stairs
 * 14 months-stand alone
 * 15 months-walk alone

> > > ==Stages of development== Care to know more about the theorists? Click on these helpful links: [|Eriksons] stages [|Piagets] stages [|Kohlberg] stages [|Freuds] stages
 * **Rousseau**
 * nature affects our developement, we are noble savages corrupted by our experiences in security
 * **Locke**
 * we are like blank tablets, our experiences guide us
 * **Victor**
 * the "wild boy" was considered the case to prove that nurture is most important
 * **James**
 * described infancy as a "great looming, buzzing confusion" as opposed to tranquility in the womb



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[|Helpful hints for infants]

-At twelve hours of age, infants can decide the likes and dislikes of different tasts. -The term **object perminance** is when a toy exists but is hidden. This is typicalof infants until 10 months of age. -Schemes are plans for understanding the world.

Children Development Stages
2 years old- recognize a familiar picture, can say a small amount of words 3 years old-walk up stairs holding rail, speak cleary & understood 4 years old-can play, wash hands, throw balls 5 years old-run, understand and speak sentences, play with others