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Questions and Answers | Complete Infant Development
and Developmental Psychology Review | Infancy and
Human Development | Neural and Child Development | The
Heckman Equation | Infantile Amnesia | Earliest Memories
| Baby Diaries | Charles Darwin | Jean Piaget | Attachment
Theory | Bowlby | Spitz Hospitalism | Harlow Primate
Studies | Visual Preference Paradigm | Habituation
Procedure | Cognitive Development | Emotional
Development | Self-Recognition | Nature vs. Nurture |
Stability vs. Change | Passive vs. Active Learning |
Developmental Neuroscience | Computational Modeling |
Developmental Robotics | Research Methods Latest
Updated 2026
What is infancy?
- earliest period of postnatal development
- infans(lat.) without language
-textbooks: from birth to the age of 2-3 years
Image: What is infancy?
What is development?
processes of growth and change
,Human development
growth to maturity
neural development
processes that generate, shape and reshape the nervous system
child development
the biological and psychological changes that take place between birth and the end of
adolescence
The Heckman Equation
A solution for better education and health outcomes, less crime and poverty and greater
economic prosperity
Image: The Heckman Equation
Average age of our earliest memories
3 years 4 months
infantile amnesia
,the inability to retrieve memories from much before age 3
earlier
Children age 6-9 years have _____ first memories (about 3 years) than older children or adults
3 year olds
______ year olds are able to remember events from periods of their life they later have little
or no access to
slight
Many early (and later) memories bear ______ resemblance to the true event
Baby Diaries
-earliest attempts to record infant development
- someone close to the infant (mother, father, or guardian) made detailed written
observations
What was significant about baby diaries?
A. Provided insights into child-rearing practices and theories at that time
B. Provided important aspects to infant development
, King Louis XII of France (Born in 1601)
- Lengthy baby diary kept by king's physician
- recorded play with peers, temper tantrums, nightmares, language, etc.
Observations were swaddled until 9 months of age and was not weaned until 2 years
Baby diaries of 17th century
King Louis XIII of France
Baby diaries of 19th century
Charles Darwin-- what did he do?
Charles Darwin (1809-1982)
Kept diaries of his children's [10] development (and was able to compare between children
Image: Charles Darwin (1809-1982)
Baby diaries of 20th century
Jean Piaget
Jean Piaget (1896-1980)
- Detailed records of his children's [3] development
Questions and Answers | Complete Infant Development
and Developmental Psychology Review | Infancy and
Human Development | Neural and Child Development | The
Heckman Equation | Infantile Amnesia | Earliest Memories
| Baby Diaries | Charles Darwin | Jean Piaget | Attachment
Theory | Bowlby | Spitz Hospitalism | Harlow Primate
Studies | Visual Preference Paradigm | Habituation
Procedure | Cognitive Development | Emotional
Development | Self-Recognition | Nature vs. Nurture |
Stability vs. Change | Passive vs. Active Learning |
Developmental Neuroscience | Computational Modeling |
Developmental Robotics | Research Methods Latest
Updated 2026
What is infancy?
- earliest period of postnatal development
- infans(lat.) without language
-textbooks: from birth to the age of 2-3 years
Image: What is infancy?
What is development?
processes of growth and change
,Human development
growth to maturity
neural development
processes that generate, shape and reshape the nervous system
child development
the biological and psychological changes that take place between birth and the end of
adolescence
The Heckman Equation
A solution for better education and health outcomes, less crime and poverty and greater
economic prosperity
Image: The Heckman Equation
Average age of our earliest memories
3 years 4 months
infantile amnesia
,the inability to retrieve memories from much before age 3
earlier
Children age 6-9 years have _____ first memories (about 3 years) than older children or adults
3 year olds
______ year olds are able to remember events from periods of their life they later have little
or no access to
slight
Many early (and later) memories bear ______ resemblance to the true event
Baby Diaries
-earliest attempts to record infant development
- someone close to the infant (mother, father, or guardian) made detailed written
observations
What was significant about baby diaries?
A. Provided insights into child-rearing practices and theories at that time
B. Provided important aspects to infant development
, King Louis XII of France (Born in 1601)
- Lengthy baby diary kept by king's physician
- recorded play with peers, temper tantrums, nightmares, language, etc.
Observations were swaddled until 9 months of age and was not weaned until 2 years
Baby diaries of 17th century
King Louis XIII of France
Baby diaries of 19th century
Charles Darwin-- what did he do?
Charles Darwin (1809-1982)
Kept diaries of his children's [10] development (and was able to compare between children
Image: Charles Darwin (1809-1982)
Baby diaries of 20th century
Jean Piaget
Jean Piaget (1896-1980)
- Detailed records of his children's [3] development
