DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD
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1 week to 3 months
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2 to 5 months
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6 months to 3 years
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2 to 4 years
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Detailed explanation-1: -The emotionally charged connection between caregiver and child ensures that the two will remain in physical proximity, especially when the child is between 8 and 18 months of age.
Detailed explanation-2: -Attachment. Human infants have a propensity to form selective attachments to their caregivers by 7 to 9 postnatal months under typical circumstances.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to Bowlby and Ainsworth, attachments with the primary caregiver develop during the first 18 months or so of the child’s life, starting with instinctual behaviors like crying and clinging (Kennedy & Kennedy, 2004).
Detailed explanation-4: -Which behavior develops around six weeks of age? At six weeks of age, baby Jessica’s newest emotional reaction is MOST likely to be: a social smile.
Detailed explanation-5: -Social referencing refers to the process wherein infants use the affective displays of an adult to regulate their behaviors toward environmental objects, persons, and situations. Social referencing represents one of the major mechanisms by which infants come to understand the world around them.