Unit 7 Infancy - EDU 116 - Development of the Young Child - Textbook - LibGuides at Hostos Community College Library

Module 1: Physical Development

Objective: Students will be able to describe the overall growth process of children during infancy.

Physical Development
The average newborn in the United States weighs about 7.5 pounds and is about 20 inches in length. For the first few days of life, infants typically lose about 5 percent of their body weight as they eliminate waste and get used to feeding. This often goes unnoticed by most parents, but can be cause for concern for those who have a smaller infant.

Module 2: Nutrition

Objective: Students will be able to discuss nutritional concerns of marasmus and kwashioror.

Nutrition
Breast milk is considered the ideal diet for newborns. It has the right amount of calories, fat, and protein to support overall physical and neurological development, it provides a source of iron more easily absorbed in the body than the iron found in dietary supplements, it provides a resistance against many diseases, it is more easily digested by infants than is formula, and it helps babies make a transition to solid foods more easily than if bottle fed.

Module 3: Cognitive Development

Objective: Students will be able to list and describe the six substages of sensorimotor intelligence.

Cognitive Development
Remember our discussion of sensorimotor development during the first two years of life. Piaget describes intelligence in infancy as sensorimotor or based on direct, physical contact. Infants taste, feel, pound, push, hear, and move in order to experience the world. Let’s explore the transition infants make from responding to the external world reflexively as newborns to solving problems using mental strategies as two year olds.

Module 4: Language Development

Objective: Students will be able to describe stages of language development during infancy.

Language Development
Do newborns communicate? Certainly, they do. They do not, however, communicate with the use of language. Instead, they communicate their thoughts and needs with body posture (being relaxed or still), gestures, cries, and facial expressions.

Module 5: Psychosocial Development and Attachment

Objectives: 1) Students will be define terms like babblin, holophrasic speech, and overregularization. 2) Students also will be able to contrast styles of attachment. Students will be able to use Erikson's Theory to characterize psychosocial development during infancy.

Psychosocial Development
Erikson’s Stages for Infants and Toddlers. . . Trust vs. mistrust: Erikson maintained that the first year to year and a half of life involves the establishment of a sense of trust. Infants are dependent and must rely on others to meet their basic physical needs as well as their needs for stimulation and comfort.

Module 6: What do Babies Think? (Video)

Objective: Students will be able to explore what babies think.

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Attributions

Physical Development, Psyc 200 Lifespan Psychology. Authored by: Laura Overstreet. Provided by: Lumen Learning. Located at: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/atd-hostos-childdevelopment/chapter/physical-development/ License: CC BY: Attribution

Nutrition, Psyc 200 Lifespan Psychology. Authored by: Laura Overstreet. Provided by: Lumen Learning. Located at: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/atd-hostos-childdevelopment/chapter/nutrition/ License: CC BY: Attribution

Cognitive Development, Psyc 200 Lifespan Psychology. Authored by: Laura Overstreet. Located at: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/atd-hostos-childdevelopment/chapter/cognitive-development/License: CC BY: Attribution

Language Development: Newborn Communication, Psyc 200 Lifespan Psychology. Authored by: Laura Overstreet. Provided by: Lumen Learning. Located at: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/atd-hostos-childdevelopment/chapter/language-development/ License: CC BY: Attribution

Psychosocial Development, Psyc 200 Lifespan Psychology. Authored by: Laura Overstreet. Located at: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/atd-hostos-childdevelopment/chapter/psychosocial-development/License: CC BY: Attribution

Alison Gopnik: What do babies think? Author: Alison Gopnik. Provided by: TED. Located at: https://www.ted.com/talks/alison_gopnik_what_do_babies_think?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare License: CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International

EDU 116 - Development of the Young Child - Textbook

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EDU 116 Child Development