DEvelopment Task

• Reflex Behavior


  Automatic, innate response to stimulation which are controlled by the lower brain centers that govern involuntary processes
• Primitive reflexes


  • Sucking
  • Rooting
  • Moro reflex
• Primitive reflexes


  • Related to instinctive needs for survival and protection
  • May support the early connection to the caregiver
• Postural Reflexes


  Reactions to changes in position or balance
• Locomotor Reflex


  Resemble voluntary movements that do not appear until months after the reflexes have disappeared
• Early Reflexes Disappear during the first 6-12 months
• Early Human Reflexes


  • Moro
  • Darwinian (Grasping)
  • Tonic Neck
  • Fencer Position
  • Babkin
  • Babinski
  • Rooting
  • Walking
  • Swimming
• At 4 months, infant's brain responds preferentially to speech
• Touch is the first sense to develop, the most mature sensory system for the first several months
• Sense of smell and taste begin to develop in the womb