CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Filial imprinting. The best-known form of imprinting is filial imprinting, in which a young animal narrows its social preferences to an object (typically a parent) as a result of exposure to that object. It is most obvious in nidifugous birds, which imprint on their parents and then follow them around.

Detailed explanation-2: -The answer is imprinting. Imprinting is an inherited tendency that newborn animals exhibit to respond to their environment. Ducklings, geese, and other animals imprint within hours of hatching and imprint on what they first see and follow it.

Detailed explanation-3: -The newborn is capable of certain inher-ited, automatic, coordinated movement patterns, called reflexes, that can be triggered by the right stimulus (see Figure 3.1). Many, but not all, infants are born with many such reflexes. The grasping reflex, for example, is a response to a touch on the palm of the hand.

Detailed explanation-4: -The process by which certain animals form strong attachments during an early-life critical period. Do human children imprint? Children do not imprint, but they do become attached. In the presence of a mother or other trusted guardian, some children play comfortably, happily exploring their new environment.

Detailed explanation-5: -What is the difference between object permanence and representational thought? Object permanence is when a child realizes that an object exists even if he/she can’t see or touch it. Representational thought is when a child can picture something in his/her mind.