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6-Examine Culturally and Developmentally Appropriate Environments For Infants and Toddlers
6-Examine Culturally and Developmentally Appropriate Environments For Infants and Toddlers
toddlers
1) Never pick up and infant unexpectedly into your arms in a way that is
startling for them
2) Moves should be never overly hasty
3) Help them also with words to prepare them for what is going to happen
4) The baby must be listened to when the adult is caring for them
Infants that become participants in the daily activities of their lives make the time
you spend with them joyous and babies will learn. I learned in Chapter 7 of
Children that infants gradually develop the ability to regulate their emotions and
is tied to the gradual maturity of the frontal region of the cerebral cortex. I learned
emotional development and coping with stress are influenced by interactions with
caregivers. Infants have three types of cries; basic, anger, and pain. Context can
influence emotional regulation. By the age of two, toddlers can define their feelings
states and the context that is upsetting them. Infants must learn to adapt to
different context that requires emotional regulation. Even at birth infants have
different emotional styles. These tendencies reflect temperament. Temperament is
an individual behavioral style and characterizes ways of responding. I learned from
Chapter 7 of Children that reactions of an infants temperament may depend in
part on culture, physiological, and hereditary factors between a childs
temperament and an adults personality. The cultural differences in temperament is
linked to parental attitudes and behaviors. Emotions and temperament represent
key aspect of personality. Attachment emerges from social cognitive advances that
allow infants to develop expectations for the caregivers behavior and determines
the quality of the relationship. I learned based on how babies respond to the strange
situations, they are describes as being securely attached or insecurely attached (in
3 ways).
1) Securely attached babies use the caregiver as a secure base from which to
explore their environment.
2) Insecurely avoidant babies show insecurity by avoiding the mother.
3) Insecure resistant babies cling to the caregiver and then resist her by fighting
against the closeness.
4) Insecure disorganized babies are disorganized and disoriented. Babies must
show a strong pattern of avoidance and resistance.
As a measure of attachment the stranger situation may be culturally biased.
Securely attached infants have caregivers who are sensitive to their signals and are
consistently available to respond to their needs. Security attachment is important to
development. Secure attachments in the first year provides an important foundation
for psychological development later in life. Securely attached infants move freely.
Research in the role of hormones and neurotransmitters in attachment has
emphasized the importance of oxytocin and vasopressin in the formation of the
mother-infant bond. I learned the prefrontal cortex, amygdala, and hypothalamus
influence attachment connections. Many factors influence to quality of child care.
The quality of child care matters in development. High quality child care can provide
a safe environment, access to age appropriate toys, participate in age appropriate
activities, and low caregiver to child rations. Caregivers must also practice
responsible sleeping habits that prevent sudden infant death syndrome and be
trained in shaken baby syndrome. Infants need loving and caring adults who are
trained in culturally and developmentally appropriate practices.