Reading Reflection: "What Every Baby Knows"

1. An "inferential learning mechanism" is the ability to change and rework initial ideas based on experience form the beginning of life. This is really an amazing thing to consider, however much sense it makes. It is basically saying that babies change their thoughts and theories about the world based on their experiences.

2. Within a few days of a baby's birth, they can recognize the faces, voices and smells of those that are close to them. Within the first 9 months, babies can tell the difference in emotion in someone's voice. Within 3 years, babies can recognize that people have different beliefs. These too, are amazing when thinking about the psychology of children. These developments are essential to becoming an adult, and it is amazing that they stat to develop so early.

3. The article states that "Babies are like little scientists continually overthrowing theories that no longer fit the evidence." This statement make complete sense with what the article was saying. According to the article, babies have an idea about what the world will be like as soon as they are born. However, as they grow and begin to have experiences, they add to those theories, and are constantly adapting them based on what they have seen and experienced.