Sensimotor Stage 0-2yrs
deals with the world throught sensations and movements
uses reflexes such as:
Sucking: This ensures that the baby will nurse on a breast or bottle to be fed and occurs when something is placed in the baby's mouth. It is slowly replaced by voluntary sucking around 2 months of age.
Rooting Reflex: When you stroke your baby's cheek she will turn towards you, usually looking for food. This is very useful when learning to breastfeed your baby. This reflex is gone by about 4 months
Palmar/Grasping: When you touch the palm of your baby's hand, the fingers will curl around and cling to your finger or an object
Plantar: This reflex occurs when you stroke the sole of your baby's foot, his toes will spread open and the foot will turn slightly inward.
object permance- is knowing that the object still exists even though it is out of site
the test for object permanence is
1.to show a baby a toy
2.Hide it in front of the baby, I.e a rattle
(would be shown and then hidden under a cushion)
3. S/He then observed whether the baby tried to look and find it
RESULT: If the child looks at the place of the hidden toy, then it has object permanence.
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