The first sentence: “A surprising new study released Monday by UCLA’s Institute For Child Development revealed that human babies, long thought by psychologists to be highly inquisitive and adaptable, are actually extraordinarily stupid.” While this is clearly a humorous article (which definitely should NOT be taken seriously), it does create a perfect opportunity to respond with good evidence of how infants are surprisingly intelligent.
Based on what you learned in this unit and the e-book, react to this claim.
In what ways are infants, and young children, surprisingly smart?
What are their limitations and what are important cognitive developmental milestones in the first few years of life?
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