Cephalocaudal means a development which starts from the head to the tail, and it takes place in the first two years of life. For instance, brain, legs, and arms develop in this stage. Additionally, proximodistal means development from the inside such as organ systems and the nervous system
Question 2
During the first years of life, neurons change significantly. For instance, after birth neurons mature eminently and more synapses are made. Also, the development of neurons enhances the brain to eliminate connections which are rarely used for brain development.
Question 3
Blooming and pruning of the visual of the auditory and prefrontal cortex entail more synaptic connections made in the brain during early development. Particular parts of the brain develops, and kids can reason better, and perform visual tasks proficiently
Question 4
Habituation is a strategy to study infant’s perception, and it indicates that kids get bored to the stimulus they do not like and stop responding to them. Also, visual preference is another strategy which can be used to study infant’s perception by the way they react to things they see.
Question 5
Schemas show mental and physical practices such as knowing and understanding of things by a kid. For instance, an infant who has stayed with small dogs may believe that all dogs are small. Also, assimilation is a part of adaptation whereby, there is an alteration of existing schemas in light of new information such as the kid knowing more about small and big dogs. Assimilation is the process of taking further details to obtainable schemas.
Question 6
Object permanence is having knowledge that things exist though they cannot be observed, heard, touched, smelled or even sensed in any way. Baillargeon’s research indicates that infants develop object permanence earlier than Piaget forecasted since they have a faster way of brain development and perceive things that they do not know entirely.
Question 7
In the Core Knowledge Approach Spelke concludes that infants are born with a little understanding about some core domains (nativism). Also, the knowledge is domain specific since it only relates to particular fields. I agree with Spelke’s idea of Core Knowledge since kids most practice things that they have not been taught even in their early stages.
Question 8
Broca’s area is the part of the frontal lobe of the central hemisphere, and it is associated with speech production. Warnicke’s Area is a region of the brain critical for language development while the concept of Language Acquisition Device is enhanced the language acquisition since it enables kids to acquire and produce language.
Question 9
The goodness of fit is a statistical model that indicates how it is critical to establish an observation. Lack of goodness-of-fit causes a result of false observed values and the values anticipated under the model in question.
Question 10
Early synchronized interactions involve a positive relationship between the infants and their parents. Usually, parents and their infants can work together in home chores such as cleaning and washing since most kids love to assist their parents in carrying out their duties.
