The Mind of the Child, Part II: The Development of the Intellect, International Education; Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX.Preyer, William T.
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The Mind of the Child, Part II: The Development of the Intellect, International Education; Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX.
Preyer, William T.
Child development; Child psychology
_Speech._--Child can not repeat a syllable heard (77). In
monologue, syllables are more distinct, loud, and varied when
child is left to himself than when other persons entertain him:
_ndae[)e]_, _b[=a]e-b[=a]e_, _ba ell_, _arroe_. Frequent are _mae_,
_pappa_, _tatta_, _appapa_, _babba_, _taetae_, _pa_, _rrrr_, _rrra_.
Hints at imitation (108).
_Feeling of Self._--Forty-first week, striking his own body and foreign
objects (191). Forty-first to forty-fourth week, image in mirror laughed
at and grasped at (198).
ELEVENTH MONTH.
SENSES.
SIGHT.--_Direction of Look._--Forty-seventh week, child throws down
objects and looks after them (49).
_Seeing Near and Distant Objects._--Forty-fourth week, new objects no
longer carried to eyes, but gazed at and felt. Forty-seventh week,
accommodation perfect (55).
_Interpretation of what is seen._--Trying to fixate objects (63).
HEARING.--Screaming is quieted by a "Sh!" or by singing. Three hundred
and nineteenth day, difference in sound of spoon on plate when plate was
touched by hand (87).
TASTE.--Meat-broth with egg taken; scalded skimmed milk rejected; dry
biscuit liked (126).
ORGANIC SENSATIONS AND EMOTIONS.--Forty-fourth week, astonishment at
strange face (173).
WILL.
_Instinctive Movements._--Forty-fifth week, grasping at flame of lamp;
forty-seventh, at objects behind a pane of glass; gain in moving muscles
of arm; shreds of paper handled (252). Biting father's hand (261).
Smacking lips (262). Sitting becomes habit for life (268). Standing
without support; stamping; but standing only for a moment (269). End of
forty-seventh week, feet well placed, but lifted too high and put down
too hard (276).
_Expressive Movements._--Grasping at his image with laugh; jubilant
noise at being allowed to walk (299).
_Deliberate Movements._--Striking spoon against object and exchanging
objects (326, 327). Child takes biscuit, carries it to mouth, bites off
a bit, chews and swallows it; but can not drink from glass (329).
INTELLECT.
Syllables correctly repeated; intentional sound-imitation on the three
hundred and twenty-ninth day. Forty-fifth week, response made for
diversion: whispering begins (109). Three kinds of _r_-sounds: new
syllables, _ta-h[(ee]_, _dann-tee_, _[(aa]-n[(ee]_, _ngae_, _tai_, _bae_,
_dall_, _at-tall_, _kamm_, _akkee_, _prai-jer_, _tra_, _[=a]-h[(ee]_.
Some earlier sounds frequent; consonants _b_, _p_, _t_, _d_, _m_, _n_,
_r_; _l_, _g_, _k_: vowel _a_ most used, _u_ and _o_ rare, _i_ very rare
(110). Accentuation not frequent (111). Association of idea with
utterance in one case (111, 122). Forty-fifth week, to word "papa,"
response _rrra_ (113).
_Feeling of Self._--Forty-fifth to fifty-fifth week, discovery of his
power to cause changes (192).
TWELFTH MONTH.
SENSES.
SIGHT.--_Seeing Near and Distant Objects._--Fifty-first week, pleasure
in seeing men sawing wood at distance of more than one hundred feet
(55).
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