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  The First Two Years:
Psychosocial Development
- Key Questions -

Human Growth & Development


1. What is the first notable emotion of a newborn, & how does that emotion benefit the newborn?

2. How do emotions develop (change) over the first two years of life?

3. What does an infant get from social referencing - both when the infant engages in it ( at say 8 months of age & older) & later in life?

4. What are some consequences of the toddler's developing sense of self?

5. What are the similarities & differences between mother-infant & father-infant interactions?

6. In the classical view, who & what determine personality?

7. What is temperament, & how is it related to personality?

8. How does synchrony help in the development of the infant?

9. What are the four main types of attachment?

10. How does early attachment affect later psychosocial growth?

11. In your experience how do infants under the age of 2 react to you? What is it about your actions, the infants' age & cognitive development, & the parent's presence that affect these reactions?


Human Growth & Development
Robert C. Gates