The Mind of the Child, Part II | Page 9

week, playing with his fingers as foreign objects; pressing
one hand down with the other (195). Sixty-first week, trying to feel of
his own image in the mirror (199).
SIXTEENTH MONTH.
SENSES.
SIGHT.--Seeing Near and Distant Objects.--Sixty-eighth week,
reaching too short, too far to left or right, too high or too low (56).
Interpretation of what is seen.--Grasping at jets of water (63).
HEARING.--Child holds watch to his ear and listens to the ticking
(89).
SMELL.--Smell and taste not separated; a flower is taken into mouth
(135).
ORGANIC SENSATIONS AND EMOTIONS.--Fear of high tones
(169).
WILL.
Impulsive Movements.--Sleeping child raised hand to eye (202).
Accompanying movement of fingers in drinking (210).
Reflex Movements.--Respirations, in sleep, twenty-two to twenty-five a
minute (217).
Instinctive Movements.--Sixty-sixth week, four hundred and
fifty-seventh day, child runs alone (278). Next day, stops and stamps.
Four hundred and sixty-first day, can walk backward, if led, and can
turn round alone. At the end of the week can look at objects while
walking. Sixty-seventh week, a fall occurs rarely. Sixty-eighth week,
walking becoming mechanical (279).
Imitative Movements.--A ring put on his head in imitation (289).

Waiting attitude (318).
Expressive Movements.--Lips protruded almost like a snout (302).
Shaking head meant "No" and "I do not know" (316). Child shrugs
shoulders when unable to answer (317). Waiting attitude becomes a
sign (318).
Deliberate Movements.--Opening and shutting cupboards, bringing
objects, etc. Holding ear-ring to ear (327).
INTELLECT.
Child holds an ear-ring to his ear with understanding (I, 327). A
begging movement at seeing box from which cake had come (11).
Small understanding shown in grasping at ring (13).
Speech.--Progress in repeating words spoken for him and in
understanding words heard. Desire expressed by hä! hä-ö! hä-[)e]!
h[)e]-[)e]! More seldom hi, gö-gö, gö, f-pa, [(au]; more frequently, ta,
dokkn, tá-ha, a-bwa-bwa, b[)u][=a]-b[)u][=a]; once dagon. Child
"reads" the newspaper (126). Pain expressed by screaming; joy by
crowing with vowel i; a repeated on command; mö and ma; imitation
tried (127). Touches eye, ear, etc., when these are 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, nä-nä-nä, t-tó, höt-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