Module 2 Readings Chapter 4 & 5 Summary

At what age can infants typically grab the correct end of a spoon and grasp it appropriately?

Which factor is mentioned as a better predictor of locomotive progress than age or body dimension?

What is said to be the key to locomotive progress in infants according to the text?

Which experiment is mentioned where methodological problems were identified due to the size of the drop-off being fixed?

What type of motion in infants generates information specifying speed and direction, allowing for compensatory postural sway?

What happens when infants have more experience with balance and locomotion according to the text?

Which of the following senses is the least developed at birth?

What is the visual acuity of a newborn in comparison to an adult?

When does an infant's visual acuity improve immensely?

Which of the following visual abilities develops rapidly within 6 months?

Which organizing feature of perception is present at birth?

At what age do infants begin to discriminate between human faces but not monkey faces?

At which age range do infants learn about structural support and gravity?

When does visually directed reaching appear in infants?

How does the vestibular system develop in infants?

What happens when infants realize that two objects touching are two separate objects?

What allows infants to acquire stable control over their heads and shoulders?

At what age do infants begin to engage in smooth pursuit with a large, slow object on a predictable path?

What happens when a mother responds to an infant's looking and facial interactions with a still face?

At what age do infants change their grip to match the size of the object?

What do infants begin to discover at 6-10 months of age?

At what age do infants begin to use looking to gain a sense of agency?

What is the most significant change in reaching and grabbing that occurs at 31 weeks?

What is the development that allows infants to lift their heads steady while propping themselves up on the floor in a prone position?

What is the age at which infants begin to engage in prospective control of reaching?

At what age do infants begin to coordinate their head and eye movements to follow objects smoothly?

What happens to the spontaneous manual activity of infants over time?

According to research, how does touch develop in infants?

What is the infant's response to different tastes?

How do infants react to their mother's voice compared to a stranger's voice?

What is the infant's response to happy speech patterns?

What is the role of experience in the development of the senses according to early theories?

How does an infant's ability to discriminate between sounds in all of the world's languages change over time?

What is the role of temperature in the development of touch?

What is the role of localization in the development of hearing?

What is the role of the handrail in the development of locomotion?

What is the role of amniotic fluid in the development of the sense of smell?