Intellectual Development in Infants

Explain the importance of myelin in brain development.

Every few seconds, it seems, eight-month old Jasmine drops a bowl from her high chair onto the floor. When she first started doing this, her father Darius was frustrated. She did the same thing over and over and he had to pick the bowl up every time. When he asked Jasmine’s pediatrician about it, he found that this was normal. Jasmine is learning by repetition. She simply wants to be sure that every time she drops the bowl, it will fall to the floor.

2. 1. Knowing what you do about the brain, how is the repetition helping Jasmine learn? 

3. 2. When have you used repetition as a form of learning?

What do babies use to learn during Piaget's first period of development?