Infancy

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What is infancy?
The life stage between birth and 2 years old
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What is gestation?
The 9 month period during which the baby grows in the womb
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What are innate / primitive reflexes?
Abilities which babies automatically possess at birth
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What are milestones of development?
Average times when infants / children do something
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What muscles do gross motor skills involve?
The large muscles in the body
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What are locomotor skills?
Skills for moving and getting about
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What muscles do fine motor skills involve?
The small muscles of the body, particularly the hands and fingers
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How do infants develop intellectually?
Through repetition, conditioning and modelling
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When do most children say their first words?
At around 10 months old
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How does social and emotional development occur during infancy?
Mostly through socialisation, but also through watching TV or hearing stories
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What is attachment?
A strong emotional bond which babies form with a carer
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What are the 3 types of attachment observed in infants?
Indiscriminate, specific and multiple
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What is separation anxiety?
When an infant shows distress, often by crying, when a familiar caregiver is leaving
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What does being egocentric mean during infancy?
Infants are oblivious to what other children / babies are doing around them
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What is parallel play during infancy?
Where children imitate adults or older children
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What is associative play during infancy?
Where infants will play alongside one another and take interest in what each other is doing, without playing with each other
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What is co-operative play during infancy?
Where children actually play with other children and can form basic friendships
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