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4: Infancy

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    54369
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    Learning Objectives

    At the end of this lesson, you will be able to

    • Summarize overall physical growth during infancy.

    • Describe the growth of the brain during infancy.

    • Contrast development of the senses in newborns.

    • Compare gross and fine motor skills and give examples of each.

    • Explain the merits of breastfeeding.

    • Discuss nutritional concerns of marasmus and kwashiorkor.

    • List and describe the six sub‐stages of sensorimotor intelligence.

    • Describe stages of language development during infancy.

    • Define babbling, holophrastic speech, and over regularization.

    • Contrast styles of attachment.

    • Discuss the importance of temperament and goodness of fit.

    • Describe self‐awareness, stranger wariness, and separation anxiety.

    • Use Erikson’s theory to characterize psychosocial development during infancy.

    The objectives are next to reading sections below.


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