PYC4805 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY (Child development) April 2015 Assignment 1 Unique number: 576231 Student number: 33692513 Liezel van Beek
Ques%on 1: HOW COMPLEX ABILITIES OF NEWBORNS AND INFANTS CONTRIBUTE TO THE FORMATION OF FIRST SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS EXAMPLES: CULTURAL DIFFERENCES -‐Co-‐sleeping -‐Soothing techniques -‐Sling carrying -‐Motor development
SLEEPING
-‐5 STATES (NREM, REM, Drowsiness, Quiet alertness, Waking ac^ve/crying) -‐Dev. Nervous System -‐(Dis)organised behaviour
CRYING STATES -‐Physical needs (hunger, temperature, noise, pain) -‐Crying when other babies cry -‐Abnormal crying -‐Communicate with caregivers -‐React to other’s suffering (empathy)
EXAMPLES: -‐Eye blink -‐Roo^ng -‐Sucking -‐Swimming -‐Moro -‐Palmar grasp -‐Tonic neck -‐Stepping -‐Babinsky
REFLEXES
Parent/child bonding Sensory s^mula^on – alert, calm disposi^on Rhythm affect Actude & interac^on
-‐Communicate baby’s health Survival: feeding, floa^ng, clining
Adapt to cultural norms/ expecta^ons
DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS MOTOR DEVELOPMENT Reaching & Grasping (ulnar / pincer) Survival technique Communicate pain, discomfort. Touch: Convey affec^on/ 