The Mind of the Child, Part II | Page 9

named--not with certainty (128). Understands "bring," "give," etc. (129).
Feeling of Self.--Putting thumbs against the head and pushing, experimenting (191). Sixty-sixth week, child strikes at his image in mirror. Sixty-seventh week, makes grimaces before mirror; turns round to see his father, whose image appeared in mirror (199). Sixty-ninth week, signs of vanity (200).
SEVENTEENTH MONTH.
SENSES.
SIGHT.--Interpretation of what is seen.--Child grasps at tobacco-smoke (64).
HEARING.--Holding watch to ear (89).
TASTE.--Surprise at new tastes (119).
SMELL.--Inability to separate smell and taste (135).
ORGANIC SENSATIONS AND EMOTIONS.--Prolonged sleep; ten hours at a time (162).
WILL.
Reflex Movements.--Right hand moved when right nostril is touched (221).
Instinctive Movements.--Clasping of finger in sleep (243). Seventieth week, child raises himself from floor alone; seventy-first week, steps over threshold (279).
Expressive Movements.--Shaking head means "I do not wish" (316). Throwing himself on floor and screaming with rage (323).
INTELLECT.
Child brings traveling-bag to stand upon in order to reach (12). Play of "hide and seek" (17).
Speech.--Screaming, whimpering, etc. (101). Increase of discrimination: bibi, n?-n?-n?, t-tó, h?t-tó; voluntary imitation (129). Associations of words heard with objects and movements (130).
Feeling of Self.--Making grimaces before mirror (200).
EIGHTEENTH MONTH.
SENSES.
SIGHT.--Direction of Look.--Seventy-eighth week, throwing away of playthings is rare (50).
Interpretation of what is seen.--Anxiety on seeing man dressed in black (64).
SMELL.--Objects no longer carried to mouth (135).
ORGANIC SENSATIONS AND EMOTIONS.--Laughing at thunder (170).
WILL.
Impulsive Movements.--Holding little finger apart from others (209).
Instinctive Movements.--Walks over threshold by holding on (275). Seventy-seventh week, runs around table; seventy-eighth, walks over threshold without holding on (280).
Imitative Movements.--Blowing horn (290).
Expressive Movements.--Trying to hit with foot, striking, etc. (315). Waiting attitude (318).
Deliberate Movements.--Full spoon carried to mouth with skill (329).
INTELLECT.
Memory of towel (8). Watering flowers with empty pot (16). Plays (17). Giving leaves to stag, etc. (18). Stick of wood put in stove (20).
Speech.--Understanding of words increases (130). Repeating of syllables is rare; atta becomes tto, t-tu, ftu; feeling recognized by tone of voice (131).
Feeling of Self.--Recognition of himself as cause of changes (192).
NINETEENTH MONTH.
SENSES.
HEARING.--Hearing watch on his head (89).
ORGANIC SENSATIONS AND EMOTIONS.--Fear of strangers ceases (150). Laugh at thunder and lightning (170).
WILL.
Imitative Movements.--Combing and brushing hair, washing hands, etc. (290).
Expressive Movements.--Fastidious about kissing (306). Pride in baby-carriage (324).
Deliberative Movements.--Spoon taken in left hand (329).
INTELLECT.
Father recognized after absence (8). Bringing cloth for wrap and begging for door to be opened (12). Grunting in order to be taken away (13). Induction, watch and clock (18). Crying seen to be useless (20).
Speech.--Imitation of whistle (91). Spontaneous sound imitations more frequent (131). Gazing after objects thrown and whispering, reading newspaper (132). Response to pa correctly given (133). Objects correctly pointed out; memory of tricks (134).
Feeling of Self.--Attempt to give his foot (190).
TWENTIETH MONTH.
SENSES.
SIGHT.--Discrimination of Colors.--First color-tests. Eighty-fifth week, no discrimination (7). Eighty-sixth and eighty-seventh weeks, no results (8).
Movements of the Eyes.--Readiness of convergence, pupils very wide open (38).
ORGANIC SENSATIONS AND EMOTIONS.--Prolonged sleep habitual, etc. (163).
WILL.
Reflex Movements.--Respirations twenty-two and more (217).
Instinctive Movements.--Eighty-fifth week, thresholds stepped over quickly; inclines forward in running (280).
Imitative Movements.--Use of comb and brush, putting on collar (290). Scraping feet, putting pencil to mouth, marking on paper (291).
Expressive Movements.--Proximity essential in kissing; bends head when "kiss" is said (306). Antipathy expressed by turning head at approach of women in black (315).
Deliberate Movements.--Carries spoon with food to mouth cleverly (329).
INTELLECT.
As in nineteenth month, grunting (12,13).
Speech.--Rodi, otto, rojo (93). Understanding of the word "other" (128, 129). Five hundred and eighty-fourth day, important advance in repeating words said (135). Imagination; can not repeat three syllables; laughs when others laugh (136). Single words more promptly understood (137). One new concept, expressed by d[=a] and nd[=a], or t[=a] and nt[=a]. Eighty-seventh week, attah said on railway-train; papa and b?t or bit (for "bitte") rightly used; much outcry (138). Crowing tones not so high; loud readings continued (139).
TWENTY-FIRST MONTH.
SENSES.
HEARING.--Dancing not rhythmical (89, 90).
ORGANIC SENSATIONS AND EMOTIONS.--Fear of the sea (170).
WILL.
Instinctive Movements.--Eighty-ninth week, running is awkward, but falling rare (280).
Imitative Movements.--Imitation without understanding (290, 291).
Expressive Movements.--Ninetieth week, pointing as expression of wish (321).
INTELLECT.
Recognition of father (8). Association of biscuit with coat and wardrobe (11).
Speech.--Imitations more frequent. Eighty-ninth week, babbling different, more consonants; pt?-pt?, pt-pt, and verlapp, also dla-dla; willfulness shown in articulate sounds and shaking head (139). Unlike syllables not repeated, dang-gee and dank-kee; tendency to doubling syllables, tete, bibi; babbling yields great pleasure; bibi for "bitte" rightly used. New word mimi, when hungry or thirsty (140). Understands use and signification of sound, neinein; and answers of his own accord jaja to question in ninety-first week. Strength of memory for sounds; points correctly to nose, mouth, etc. (141). Astonishing progress in understanding what is said. Few expressions of his own with recognizable meaning, j[=a][)e] excepted. Att, att, att, unintelligible. Tried to imitate sound of steam of locomotive (142).
Feeling of Self.--Placing shells and buttons in rows (193). Puts lace about him; vanity; laughs and points at his own image in mirror (200). The same on six hundred and twentieth day (201).
TWENTY-SECOND