Language Development in Infants

Paper Summary:

The paper explores the effect of cognitive and socio-emotional factors on infants' behavior. The paper discusses a study on a twenty four month old toddler that examined the effects of affection on his language development. The paper explains the results of the study that shows that competence in the development of language in toddlers is enhanced when cognitive and socio-emotional factors are nurtured through emotionally sensitive parenting and cognitively stimulating environments.

Outline:
Introduction
Background information
Methodology
Results and Discussions
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"There are some differences in cognitive reasoning between two age groups and found that both groups understand the world around them in different ways. The children within the stage of early childhood used symbolism to represent the things around them or the things they played with. For example one boy aged 3, played with a skipping rope pretending that it was a snake, and another boy played with a hockey stick as if it was a gun. The older children ranging from age 6-12 used different sporting equipment for its proper use, like playing hockey with hockey sticks and basketball with a basketball, which showed their ability think logically."

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