CD - Ch 9. Intellectual Development of Infants

It is impossible to tell what a baby wants by the sound of its cry.

Understanding age appropriate behavior helps parents develop realistic expectations of their child.

In order to learn well and establish the greatest number of neural pathways, babies must be provided with a wide range of educational toys.

Symbolic thinking provides the foundation for reading.

Babies typically begin imitating others at 1 to 4 months

Piaget called his last stage of learning the concrete operations period.

Infants with below-average intelligence usually have shorter attention spans than those with above-average intelligence.

Babies prefer to look at human faces rather than toys or other objects

Myelin is so important to functioning of nerve cells that scientists believe its absence plays a role in some diseases, such as multiple sclerosis.

When you are teaching a young child, it is important to tailor the learning experiences to the child's mental abilities