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At the end of this chapter, you should be able to:
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Distinguish between cephalocaudal and proximodistal growth patterns |
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Describe the physical changes during the first 2 years, including those in height and weight, and changes in brain organization and structure |
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Describe each of the eight categories of infant states, then define REM sleep and explain its purpose |
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Describe sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), and list its risk factors |
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Discuss the array of nutritional needs for the infant, including the pros and cons of breast- versus bottle-feeding and findings about infant malnutrition |
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Summarize the arguments surrounding the question of when to toilet train |
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Describe the various infant reflexes and explain their importance |
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Explain how the development of gross motor skills and fine motor skills follows the principles of cephalocaudal and proximodistal sequences |
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State how developmental biodynamics explains how motor behaviours are assembled for perceiving and acting |
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Differentiate between sensation and perception |
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Describe the infant’s visual abilities, including visual acuity, colour vision, visual preferences, depth perception, and visual expectations |
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Describe the infant’s senses in addition to vision, explaining how we know that infants can hear before birth and identifying odours and tastes that newborns can discriminate |
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Define intermodal perception and the notion of perceptual-motor coupling and unification |