The Mind of the Child, Part II: The Development of the Intellect, International Education; Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. — John Shaqi
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
_Impulsive Movements._--Sleeping child raised hand to eye (202).
Accompanying movement of fingers in drinking (210).
_Reflex Movements._--Respirations, in sleep, twenty-two to twenty-five a
minute (217).
_Instinctive Movements._--Sixty-sixth week, four hundred and
fifty-seventh day, child runs alone (278). Next day, stops and stamps.
Four hundred and sixty-first day, can walk backward, if led, and can
turn round alone. At the end of the week can look at objects while
walking. Sixty-seventh week, a fall occurs rarely. Sixty-eighth week,
walking becoming mechanical (279).
_Imitative Movements._--A ring put on his head in imitation (289).
Waiting attitude (318).
_Expressive Movements._--Lips protruded almost like a snout (302).
Shaking head meant "No" and "I do not know" (316). Child shrugs
shoulders when unable to answer (317). Waiting attitude becomes a sign
(318).
_Deliberate Movements._--Opening and shutting cupboards, bringing
objects, etc. Holding ear-ring to ear (327).
INTELLECT.
Child holds an ear-ring to his ear with understanding (I, 327). A
begging movement at seeing box from which cake had come (11). Small
understanding shown in grasping at ring (13).
_Speech._--Progress in repeating words spoken for him and in
understanding words heard. Desire expressed by _hae!_ _hae-oe!_ _hae-[)e]!_
_h[)e]-[)e]!_ More seldom _hi_, _goe-goe_, _goe_, _f-pa_, _[(au]_; more
frequently, _ta_, _dokkn_, _ta-ha_, _a-bwa-bwa_, _b[)u][=a]-b[)u][=a]_;
once _dagon_. Child "reads" the newspaper (126). Pain expressed by
screaming; joy by crowing with vowel _i_; _a_ repeated on command; _moe_
and _ma_; imitation tried (127). Touches eye, ear, etc., when these are
named--not with certainty (128). Understands "bring," "give," etc.
(129).
_Feeling of Self._--Putting thumbs against the head and pushing,
experimenting (191). Sixty-sixth week, child strikes at his image in
mirror. Sixty-seventh week, makes grimaces before mirror; turns round to
see his father, whose image appeared in mirror (199). Sixty-ninth week,
signs of vanity (200).
SEVENTEENTH MONTH.
SENSES.
SIGHT.--_Interpretation of what is seen._--Child grasps at tobacco-smoke
(64).
HEARING.--Holding watch to ear (89).
TASTE.--Surprise at new tastes (119).
SMELL.--Inability to separate smell and taste (135).
ORGANIC SENSATIONS AND EMOTIONS.--Prolonged sleep; ten hours at a time
(162).
WILL.
_Reflex Movements._--Right hand moved when right nostril is touched
(221).
_Instinctive Movements._--Clasping of finger in sleep (243). Seventieth
week, child raises himself from floor alone; seventy-first week, steps
over threshold (279).
_Expressive Movements._--Shaking head means "I do not wish" (316).
Throwing himself on floor and screaming with rage (323).
INTELLECT.
Child brings traveling-bag to stand upon in order to reach (12). Play of
"hide and seek" (17).
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