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Birth
20 inches in length
10inches inches in height -
conception
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8 week fetus
the 1 1/2 inch-long embryo becomes a fetus.
develops fingers,toes,eyes,ears, nose, a mouth, a heart , circulatory system. -
Period: to
3-4months
infants 3months are fascinated with by their own hands and legs, easily amused by watching themselves open and close their fist -
Period: to
3 to 4 months
objects out of the sight are truly out of their minds -
4months
Turns from stomach to side -
4months
Social Development
infants develop specific attachments for mothers -
Period: to
4 to 8months
Infants exploring cause-effect relationship -
6months
the brain and body matures enables crawling and later on walking.
turns from back to stomach -
6months
Social Development
attachment with developed at 4 months grow stronger. -
8months
Infant is able to sit by itself -
8months
Social Development
Infants develop a fear of strangers. infants who experience stranger anxiety cry and reach for parents.. infants may even experience separation anxiety cases infants cry or behave in other ways that indicate distress if their mothers leave them. -
Period: to
8months-one year
infants understand that things that have been taken away still exist -
9months
Infant is able to crawl -
seven years old
most children enter the concrete-operational stage at about the age of seven. in this stage, children begin to show signs of adult thinking. -
nine years old
according to kohlberg, through the age of nine, most children are at the preconventional level of moral development . children who use preconventional moral reasoning base their judgements on the consequences of behavior
