A) Describe the reflexes that newborns show immediately after birth. b) Briefly describe the sequence of motor development in a child from infancy to toddler-hood. c) Describe how researchers study perceptual development in newborn babies
What will be an ideal response?
Essay should include:
a) Several of the following:
Grasping – at objects touching their hands
Rooting – turning head when cheek, chin, or corner of mouth is stimulated
Sucking - when lips are touched
Withdrawal – to avoid painful stimuli
Moro (startle reflex) – draw up legs and arch backs
Babinski - toes fan out when soles of feet touched.
b) Rolling over, sitting up, crawling, creeping, walking, and running.
c) Visual perception: researchers study fixation time or the amount of time a newborn spends looking at visual stimuli. Hearing is studied by watching babies turn their heads toward unusual sounds.
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