Infant Observation

Infant Observation Findings: Obiel Macedo, a one year and seven month old infant accomplished many tasks on the developmental checklist. I went to his house, his mother and baby sister were present while I was with him. As we sat down on the floor I handed the infant a small container filled with different size blocks. He immediately grabbed the container, poured out the blocks and began to build a tower quickly. Once he was done creating the tower of blocks, a few seconds later he knocked it down vigorously and started all over again. Then, I handed him a red crayon and a blank sheet of paper, but instead of writing on the paper he went up to the wall and scribbled spontaneously. Next, his language is still developing at
It is important to speak to your child as much as you can so they will be able to gain knowledge about social interactions. They learn what to say in different situations whether it is a happy, sad or frustrating moment. He learned how to respond to different situations depending who he was with. Infants respond to all reinforcements during their development and the parents are the ones who nurture them at this time(pg.6 Child Development book.) When I took the infant’s favorite toy out of his sight and hid it he knew he had to search for it. Obiel was clever enough to know that his toy still existed if it is still in his house, this is referred as object permanence(pg.33 Child Development book.) He collected information and his own knowledge to gain his knowledge about objects. No matter what the situation is the object will be there. If you been in other situations where an object has gone missing but you know it is somewhere, you put in effort to look for it or you have support from others to let you know what
I noticed that he did not want me to carry him when I arrived at his house, that is because he still did not have that comfort zone with me or the trust. He observed me carefully by the way I acted toward him and his mom. He realized that me his mom got along well and he began to talk to me more. If we look at Konrad Lorenz’s theory about bonding it says that you are born to need something(pg.4 Child Development book.) He attached to his mother and little sister; when they are not present he starts to panic but then realizes they will be back. Erickson’s stages of Psychosocial development says that you go through stages to get where you want. For instance, at the beginning the infant seemed to be shy and reserved. Then he realized that he could trust me and he needed to get to know me to see that I had good intentions with him.(pg.5 Child Development