1. First Two Years: Biosocial Physical Growth and Health
Size and Shape
Preventive Medicine
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Chapter 5

2. First Two Years: Biosocial Brain Growth and Development
Neuron
Axons
Dendrites
Synapses
Transient exuberance
Myelination
Chapter 5

3. First Two Years: Biosocial Brain Growth and Development
Experience and Brain Development
Regulation of Physiological States
quiet sleep
active sleep
alert wakefulness
active crying
Chapter 5

4. First Two Years: Biosocial Motor Skills - Reflexes
Reflexes that maintain oxygen supply
breathing reflex
hiccups
sneezing
thrashing
Chapter 5

5. First Two Years: Biosocial Motor Skills - Reflexes
Reflexes associated with maintaining body temperature
shivering
tucking in legs in cold temperatures
pushing away blankets in warmer temperatures
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6. First Two Years: Biosocial Motor Skills - Reflexes
Reflexes that manage feeding
sucking
rooting
swallowing
spitting up
Chapter 5

7. First Two Years: Biosocial Motor Skills - Reflexes
Reflexes as signs of normal functioning
Babinski reflex
Stepping reflex
Swimming reflex
Palmar grasping reflex
Moro reflex
Chapter 5

8. First Two Years: Biosocial Motor Skills
Gross Motor Skills
creeping and crawling
standing, walking, and running
Fine Motor Skills
grabbing
fingering and holding
Variations in Motor Skill Mastery
Chapter 5

9. First Two Years: Biosocial Sensory and Perceptual Capacities
Sensation and Perception
Research on Infant Senses
use of habituation
signs of perception
Chapter 5

10. First Two Years: Biosocial Sensory/Perceptual Capacities - VISION
Distance vision
Visual scanning
Binocular vision (depth perception)
Color vision
Object tracking
Visual Preferences
Chapter 5

11. First Two Years: Biosocial Sensory/Perceptual Capacities - HEARING
More sensitive at birth than vision
Language-related discriminations
Early Hearing Loss
otitis media
Normal Impediments to Hearing
Chapter 5

12. First Two Years: Biosocial Nutrition
Scheduling
Breast milk - The Ideal Diet
Nutritional Problems
severe malnutrition
undernutrition (failure-to-thrive)
long-term effects
Chapter 5

13. Specialized areas of the brain

14. Neuronal changes during development