4: Infancy
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Learning Objectives
At the end of this lesson, you will be able to
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Summarize overall physical growth during infancy.
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Describe the growth of the brain during infancy.
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Contrast development of the senses in newborns.
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Compare gross and fine motor skills and give examples of each.
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Explain the merits of breastfeeding.
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Discuss nutritional concerns of marasmus and kwashiorkor.
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List and describe the six sub‐stages of sensorimotor intelligence.
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Describe stages of language development during infancy.
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Define babbling, holophrastic speech, and over regularization.
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Contrast styles of attachment.
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Discuss the importance of temperament and goodness of fit.
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Describe self‐awareness, stranger wariness, and separation anxiety.
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Use Erikson’s theory to characterize psychosocial development during infancy.
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