Human DevelopmentInfancy and Childhood Stage

Physical Development

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I. What are some things newborns are born with?

A. Infancy = the period of time from birth to two years

B. Childhood = is defined as the period of time from two years to adolescence

C. Every newborn enters the world possessing certain physical characteristics and equipped with certain abilities

Examples: Instincts

Reflexes

Baby survival instincts

II. Development of Height and Weight

A. The most dramatic gains in height and weight occur before an infants birth-during first eight weeks the baby develops fingers, toes, eyes, ears, a nose, a mouth, a heart, and circulatory system

B. During the nine months of pregnancy, the embryo goes from a microscopic cell to a baby of about 20 inches in length-a newborn weighs about billion times more than at conception

C. During infancy, children usually double their weight in five months, triple it in one year.

*Mr. Black = 11 lb baby.*Ohio’s Abortion Law

III. Motor Development

A. Motor development is the development of purposeful movement

-baby rolls over before they sit up

-baby crawls before they walk

*Example: Reflexes= inborn, not learned processes that occur automatically, without thinking

*Help a person survive in his/her environment

IV. Perceptual Development

A. Perceptual development is the process by which infants learn to make sense of sights, sounds, tastes, and other sensations for which they are exposed.

*How can “Grabby Gloves” help babies with motor and perceptual development?

Grabby Gloves!

Reflective Homework:

1. What is the difference between infancy and childhood? What are the other stages of human development?

2. When does a baby make it most dramatic gains of physical development?

3. How can “Grabby Gloves” help babies with their motor and perceptual development?

4. According to the new Ohio abortion law, when will a baby start to be protected? Knowing what you know, when will the baby start to do this?

5. What are your feeling on the new Ohio abortion law?