Question

Summarize the physical development, cognitive development and psychosocial development from birth to 3 years.

Answer 1

Summarize the physical development, cognitive development and psychosocial development from birth to 3 years.

Physical development

Birth to 3 Months

• They learn how to control and handle their muscles and it's movements. Motor control develops from the head, moves down through the arms and the trunk and then to the legs and feet.

3 to 6 months

• Grasps the toys
• Improved motor movements
• Kicks their legs
• Roll on belly to back

6 to 12 months

• Baby sits
• Tries to stand up
• Crawl on hands and knees
• Walk with assistance

12 to 24 months

• They take first few steps
• Walk completely without assistance
• Kick and throw balls

24 to 36 months

• Walks very smoothly
• Walk back and forth
• Walk on tiptoes
• Can jump

Cognitive development

2 months

• Pays attention to faces of different people
• follow things with eyes and recognize people from a distance
• Begins to act bored if activity doesn't change .

6 months

- Looks around at things nearby

- Brings things to mouth

- Shows curiosity about things and tries to get things that are out of reach

12 months

• Finds hidden things easily
• Copies gestures
• Bang items together

18 months

• Know ordinary things
• Try to get attention from other
• Show interest in dolls and toys

24 months

• Start to sort colour
• Find out hidden things
• Play make believe games

36 months

• Does puzzles with 3 or 4 pieces
• Understands what "two" means
• Draws a circle with a pencil or crayon

psychosocial development

• Emotional development
• Emotion and cognition
• The origins of personality
• trust and autonomy
• Temperament
• Parent-child interaction