Typical Development of a Child

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  • Reflex - Grasping Reflex

    Infants are born with the ability to grasp an object, such as a finger.

  • Reflex - Rooting Reflex

    If a newborn is touched anywhere on their face, they will move their mouth to the source.

  • Reflex - Moro Reflex

    Also known as the startle reflex, it occurs when something startles an infance, such as a temperature change or being picked up.

  • Reflex - Babinski Reflex

    When pressure is applied to an area, such as a foot, the toes flare out and the foot presses against the stimulus.

  • Perception - Infant Depth Perception

    Newborns are born with some depth perception capabilities, but they are mostly gained from expirence(discovered by Gibson and Walk, 1960).
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    Typical Development of a Child

  • Language - Vocalize

    At one month of age, children begin vocalization(of any sort).

  • Physical - Raise Head

    They can raise their head to a 45 degree angle at 2 months old.

  • Physical - Roll over

    The child can roll over at 2.8 months old.

  • Perception - Faces and Patterns

    3-4 month old infants show a strong liking for faces and patterns(Robert Fantz, 1961).

  • Perception - Solid Colors

    3-4 month old infants show a disliking to solid colors(Robert Fantz, 1961).

  • Physical - Sit with support

    They can sit without support at 4 months old

  • Language - Laughter

    Children typically begin to have loud laughter at 4 months.

  • Language - Babbles

    The child begins to babble or attempts to immitate sounds.

  • Physical - Sit without support

    The chld can sit without support at 5.5 moths old.

  • Perceptual - Depth Perception

    At around 6 months of age, depth perception abilities increase due to expirence(discovered by Gibson and Walk, 1960)

  • Physical - Pull self to standing position

    The child can pull themself to a standing position at 7.6 months old.

  • Language - Babbles

    The child can typically say "mama" or "baba/dada".

  • Physical - Walk holding on to the furniture

    The child can walk with help at 9.2 months

  • Physical - Creep

    The child begins to crawl at 10 months

  • Physical - Stand alone

    The child can stand alone at 11.5 months of age.