Question

Rank -order the senses of smell, hearing, taste and vision with regard to how well developed they are in infacy. Be sure to give evidence to justify your answer.

Answer 1

In a well developed infant, the sense organs are ranked in following order

1. Hearing-The sense of hearing in infant developed much before the birth of the baby. When in the womb, the baby hears his/her mother’s heartbeats, the grumbling of his/her stomach, the mother’s voice and music.
2. Taste-In a study conducted with babies only two hours old, babies made different facial expression when they are tested sweet, sour and bitter solutions.
3. Smell- The snse of smelling in infant developed early in infants. The research shows that the young infants who were breastfed showed a clear preference for smelling their mothers breast pad when the babies only two days old.
4. Vision- The sense of vision develops only after birth of the child