Physical- Young infants begin to use their fine-motor skills and senses to learn

more about their world. Toddlers use their gross-motor (big muscles) skills in
activities such as climbing, running, pushing, pulling, jumping, and throwing.
Cognitive- The infants will begin to develop touch, vision, and hearing enabling
them to interact with others. Through hearing, language is learned.
Social-emotional- Begins having stranger anxiety, and has favorite objects or toys
(Morin, 2018).
Language- Over the first year, infants learn much about the organization of sounds
in their native language. As they listen to people talking, they learn to focus on
meaningful sound variations.
Infants will start to make cooing sounds and blow
raspberries (blow bubbles, or flap their lips).
Moral Reasoning/Self-regulation- As early as 3 months, newborns show a
preference for puppets or animated characters that help others over those that
hinder (Rojas-Burke, 2011).

Explains at least two signs that may signal atypical development during this
period of development.
Infants and toddlers have trouble with motor skills that could lead to unstableness.
They can also show signs of hearing impairments that could lead to deafness or
other types of disabilities.

One social factor that influences infants and toddlers are the germs and viruses that
this stage is exposed to. Typically children in this age group attend daycare where
they catch their first viruses.

One cultural factor that influences infants and toddlers is the care that the child is in.
Sometimes children are put into poor childcare because it’s all that the child’s
parents can afford. Poor childcare can be infectious and dangerous.

The parents can incorporate reading books and pointing out objects in order to
broaden the child’s vocabulary. Repetitiveness allows the child to understand the
words faster by being more aware to them. This age group is starting to make
sounds and learn how to talk very soon. Reading and repeating words will give the
children a chance to pick up on words faster.
References:
Morin, A. (2018). Developmental Milestones From Birth to Age 1. Retrieved from

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/signs-

symptoms/developmental-milestones/developmental-milestones-from-birth-to-

age-1

Rojas-Burke, J. (2011, June 23). How newborns solve problems, use moral reasoning and

amaze scientists. Retrieved from

http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2011/06/how_newborns_solve_probl

ems_us.html