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Life-Span Development, 8/e
John W. Santrock, University of Texas - Dallas
Infancy
Physical Development in Infancy

Chapter Outline

  1. PHYSICAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN INFANCY

      Cephalocaudal and Proximodistal Sequences

      Height and Weight

      The Brain

        The Brain’s Development

        The Brain’s Hemispheres

        Early Experience and the Brain

      Infant States

        REM Sleep

        Shared Sleeping

        SIDS

      Nutrition

        Nutritional Needs and Eating Behavior

        Brest-Versus Bottle-Feeding

        Infant Malnutrition

      Toilet Training

  2. MOTOR DEVELOPMENT

      Reflexes

      Gross and Fine Motor Skills

      Developmental Biodynamics

  3. SENSORY AND PERCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT

      What Are Sensation and Perception?

      Visual Perception

        Visual Acuity and Color

        Visual Preferences

        Depth Perception

        Visual Expectations

      Other Senses

        Hearing

        Touch and Pain

        Smell

        Taste

      Intermodal Perception

      Perceptual-Motor Coupling and Unification









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