Human Growth and Development / Unit 3 HGD 0354 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Attention in Infancy
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The idea
Infants spend less than twenty percent of the day alert; sustained attention grows rapidly in the first year, and attentional control begins around four months.
In practice
A nine-month-old holding focus on a toy through a distracting sound.
Where people slip
Attentional control increases significantly around nine months. Attention is an exam keyword under cognitive development.
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