Infant Development
Factors of Infant Development During the first year of life children’s brains form twice as many connections as adult brains do. The factors of infant development are quite numerous and complex. While the small things that infants do may seem insignificant, every movement and action is teaching them something about the world around them. The most prominent factors of child development are motivation, temperament, and attachment. These three factors are intertwined and without them infant development would not occur. Motivation is used to explain why children, or even people in general, do what they do. Humans, from birth, have an inborn motive to explore, understand, and control their environment. (Bojczyk, Shriner & Shriner, 2012).
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Attachment is the bond that is developed between the infant and its parents and caregiver. (Bojczyk, Shriner & Shriner, 2012). There are four different types of attachment. What type each infant has is based on their temperament and the temperament of the adult involved. Secure attachment is marked by a pattern of protesting behaviors when the caregiver leaves and actively seeking out the caregiver upon his or her return. Avoidant attachment is a pattern of unresponsiveness to both the caregiver’s departure and return. Resistant attachment involves a child who is markedly anxious before the caregiver leaves and is extremely upset during his or her absence. Disorganized attachment is when a child, having been separated from his or her caregiver, shows contradictory behaviors upon the caregiver’s return. (Bojczyk, Shriner & Shriner, 2012). These types of attachment are ultimately formed during the stages of attachment which last for three years. During these steps of attachment, children who are between eight and eighteen months are in the clear-cut attachment phase and in this phase, separation anxiety is prevalent. However, it doesn’t last for long because children from eighteen months to two years are learning to form a reciprocal relationship. (Bojczyk, Shriner & Shriner, 2012). This reciprocal relationship allows them to begin to understand a daily routine and the process by which their parents come and go throughout the day. (Bojczyk, Shriner & Shriner, 2012). Attachment has a negative connotation but it is a necessity for raising healthy
Attachment is the bond that is developed between the infant and its parents and caregiver. (Bojczyk, Shriner & Shriner, 2012). There are four different types of attachment. What type each infant has is based on their temperament and the temperament of the adult involved. Secure attachment is marked by a pattern of protesting behaviors when the caregiver leaves and actively seeking out the caregiver upon his or her return. Avoidant attachment is a pattern of unresponsiveness to both the caregiver’s departure and return. Resistant attachment involves a child who is markedly anxious before the caregiver leaves and is extremely upset during his or her absence. Disorganized attachment is when a child, having been separated from his or her caregiver, shows contradictory behaviors upon the caregiver’s return. (Bojczyk, Shriner & Shriner, 2012). These types of attachment are ultimately formed during the stages of attachment which last for three years. During these steps of attachment, children who are between eight and eighteen months are in the clear-cut attachment phase and in this phase, separation anxiety is prevalent. However, it doesn’t last for long because children from eighteen months to two years are learning to form a reciprocal relationship. (Bojczyk, Shriner & Shriner, 2012). This reciprocal relationship allows them to begin to understand a daily routine and the process by which their parents come and go throughout the day. (Bojczyk, Shriner & Shriner, 2012). Attachment has a negative connotation but it is a necessity for raising healthy