Learning objectives
Chapter 5:

1. Discuss why infants sleep so much, and describe how sleep patterns change through infancy.
2. Distinguish among sensation, perception, and cognition.
3. Describe the extent and development of an infant's sensory and perceptual abilities in terms of the senses of hearing, vision, touch, taste, and smell.
4. Describe the basic reflexes of the newborn, and distinguish between gross motor skills and fine motor skills.
5. Describe the basic pattern of motor-skill development, and discuss variations in the timing of motor-skill acquisition.

Learning objectives
Chapter 6:

1. Identify and describe Piaget's first two stages of sensorimotor intelligence.
2. Identify and describe stages three and four of Piaget's theory of sensorimotor intelligence.
3. (Thinking Like a Scientist) Explain what object permanence is, how it is tested in infancy, and when it develops.
4. Identify and describe stages five and six of Piaget's theory of sensorimotor intelligence.
5. Describe some major advances in the scientific investigation of infant cognition.
6. Explain the information-processing model of cognition.
7. Explain the Gibsons' contextual view of perception, focusing on the idea of affordances, giving examples of affordances perceived by infants.
8. Discuss research findings on infant memory.
9. Identify the main features of baby talk, and explain its importance.
10. Describe language development during infancy, and identify its major hallmarks.
11. Differentiate three theories of language learning, and explain current views on language learning.

Learning objectives
Chapter 7:

1. Describe Freud's psychosexual stages of infant development.
2. Describe Erikson's psychosocial stages of infant development.
3. Contrast the perspectives of behaviorism, cognitive theory, sociocultural theory, and epigenetic theory regarding the importance of caregiver behavior in the first two years of life.
4. Discuss the origins and characteristics of different temperaments.
5. Describe the basic emotions expressed by infants during the first days and months.
6. Describe the main developments in the emotional life of the child between 6 months and 2 years.
7. Discuss the links between the infant's emerging self-awareness and his or her continuing emotional development.
8. Describe the synchrony of parent-infant interaction during the first year, and discuss the significance of synchrony for the developing person.
9. Define attachment, explain how it is measured and how it is influenced by context, and discuss the long-term consequences of secure and insecure attachment
10. Discuss the concept of social referencing, noting the difference in how the infant interacts with mother and father.
11. Discuss the impact of nonmaternal care on young children, and identify the factors that define high-quality day care.