Catherine

=__Chapter 5: Physical Development in Infancy __=

__**CHAPTER 5 MEMORANDUM:**__ In this chapter we discussed the physical development in infancy. We focused on the following three main concepts: growth and stability, motor development, and the development of the sences. Within each concept there examples given to go into further detail about the one main concept. For example, its list the four main principles of growth, cephalocaudal principle, proximodistal principle, principle of hierarchical integration and principle of the independence of systems. We also discussed the nervous system and the brain and how they're developed, and also the importance of myelin (fatty substance that, like the insulation on an electric wire, provides protection and speeds the transmission of nerve impulses). Also underneath the first main concept is SIDs, and it describes what it is and that it is known as the " unanticipated killer". The next main concept is motor development in an infant. In this section of chapter 5, we go over an infants reflexs and what we are capible of as an infant. We also go into Gross motor skills and Fine motor skills. As well as the main developments, the chapter provides some nutritional development information, for example if an infant is obese or if they should be fed via breast or bottle, and when to introduce solid foods. In the last main concept, the development of sences, we learn about how they see the world when born. It gives pictures showing how perception changes as the infant gets older. It then follows with the perception of hearing. It then ends with taste and smell, and finally with multimodal perception.

__**Questions:**__ 1) What are the 4 principles of growth? -- Standard ii. Use knowledge of how children differ in their development and approaches to learning to support the development and learning of individual children.

2) What are Gross motor skills? What are Fine motor skills? -- Standard ii. Use knowledge of how children differ in their development and approaches to learning to support the development and learning of individual children.

3) What is an example of a reflex that is culturally different? -- Standard v. Apply knowledge of cultural and linguistic diversity and the significance of socio-cultural and political contexts for development and learning, and recognize that children are best understood in the contexts of family, culture, and society.

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