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
HEARING.--Screaming quieted by "Sh!" (87). Three hundred and sixty-third
day, hears noise in next room and looks in direction of sound (88).
TASTE.--Fastidious about food (126).
ORGANIC SENSATIONS AND EMOTIONS.--Grunting as indication of pleasure
(144). Fifty-second week, astonishment at new sound (173).
WILL.
_Impulsive Movements._--Accompanying movement of hand in drinking (209).
_Instinctive Movements._--Child seized father's hand, carried it to
mouth and bit it (261). Forty-eighth week, standing without support a
moment; stamping; pushing a chair (276). Forty-ninth week, child can not
raise himself without help or stand more than an instant. Fiftieth week,
can not place himself on his feet, or walk without help (277).
_Imitative Movements._--Trying to strike with spoon on tumbler; puffing
repeated in sleep (287).
_Expressive Movements._--End of year, imitative laughing; crowing (299).
Laughing in sleep (300). Opening of mouth in kissing (305). Arms
stretched out in desire (322).
_Deliberate Movements._--Biscuit put into mouth with few failures;
drinking from glass, breathing into the water (329).
INTELLECT.
Ideas gained before language (78). Logical activity applied to
perceptions of sound (I, 88). Abstraction, whiteness of milk (18).
_Speech._--Imitation more successful, but seldom correct. Articulate
sounds made spontaneously: _haja_, _jajajajaja_, _aja_, _njaja_,
_nain-hopp_, _ha-a_, _pa-a_, _d[=e]waer_, _han-na_, _moemma_, _allda_,
_alldai_, _apa-u-a_, _gaegae_, _ka_, _ladn_; _atta_ is varied, no more
_dada_; _w_ for the first time. Ability to discriminate between words
(112). Fifty-second week, child of himself obeys command, "Give the
hand!" Quieting effect of sounds "sh, ss, st, pst" (113).
_Feeling of Self._--Striking hard substances against teeth; gnashing
teeth (189). Tearing of paper continued (192).
THIRTEENTH MONTH.
SENSES.
HEARING.--Child strikes on keys of piano; pleased with singing
of canary-bird (89).
ORGANIC SENSATIONS AND EMOTIONS.--Laughing almost invariably
follows the laugh of others (145). Sleep, fourteen hours daily (162).
WILL.
_Instinctive Movements._--Standing some moments without support (270).
Fifty-third week, creeping. Fifty-fourth week, walking, with support;
movements in creeping asymmetrical (277).
_Expressive Movements._--No idea of kissing (305). Shaking head in
denial (315). Begging sound along with extending of hands in desire
(323).
INTELLECT.
Trying door after shutting it (15, 16). Hears the vowel-sounds in word
(68).
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