5 stages of social devlopment in infants

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  • There are 5 stages of social development infants  
  • Brith 1  month they show a basic attraction to people
  • At 2 months they show primary intersubjectivty which means they have the ability to share emotions experinces and intetions with other  
  • At 5 months they show topic based relatedness  involves infants moving from one-on-one interactions to including more things that interest them 
  • At 9 to ten months they show secondary inter subjcetivty which means infant development that involves sharing attention with a caregiver to explore the world around them
  • And at 18 months  they devlop Cooperative relatedness infants  which means they can now engage in and respond to interactions that involve mutual goals 
  • Babies are born socially ready so they are biologically designed to look helpless and activate caring behaviour in parents. 
  • Specific responses to baby faces motivate caretaking behaviour  
    And is stronger with their own infants