Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-01-03 | Page 11 | Noted English Psychologist Explains Just What Activates New-Born Babe and Why Crying is Pleasurable

E r This Fellow w Has Psychology Psychology 1 J 4 5 At I i I 4 4 r m 44 i l i Noted English Psychologist Explains J Just st w What t Activates New Born Babe and Why Crying Is Pleasurable LONDON Jan 2 Babies Bables Babies get a kick out u t of crying This and other interesting facts have been revealed here by Dr Ir Evelyn talented talent talent- ed physician wh who has plumbed baby psychology Dr insists that babies have a very vety real psychology It Is not merely negative such as Is exhibited ex ex- ex- ex hl hiNted in other ther new-born new animals but is is' a decidedly positive quan- quan ti tit t Even the cry of the newly-born newly baby suggests mental as well vell as physical r action reaction No other animal salutes life lite in such vigorous fa lash fash h. h ion The human infant Is more de dependent dependent dependent de- de pendent upon its parents than any other litte creature and remains helpless for a much longer period But But- Baby gives evidence of oC stronger resistance to adverse conditions than the puppy or the kitten It howls lustily pv over r minor dIscomforts discomforts forts which they endure In silence Where the they will suffer and even die comparatively quietly from hunger or cold baby makes his wants known in the tho most emphatic man man- ner ncr The outstanding outstanding- features of his psychology are arc Depend Dependence Resistance I He Is ego This last terrible as it sound sounds simply means that the new-born new child ant tant have any interest outside himself being entirely ignorant of his surroundings But he soon ceases being ego-centric ego He takes notice as the nurses say He lie recognizes his mothers mother's voice He is soothed by br familiar han han- dung He lie is irritated by strangers ITc Ho moves his eyes when a lamp is shifted B Baby by ha has to cover COYer vast distances before the human animal can travel from Crom the psychology of the tho newborn newborn newborn new new- born to the psychology of the adult some of whose characteristics are lIe He is no rio longer ego-centric ego but is at least capable of self-forgetful- self ness nesa u He lie Is no is-no no longer dependent He has learned to co He lie has learned to think At birth the tho only m mental function concerned In the process of development development devel devel- is Js sensation This Is la conI con con- I I I with the activities of the baby such uch as as kicking suckling stretching and crying Even the latter is pleasure ble as it is one on of natures nature's own ways of producing healthy activity I In the second stage of babyhood the little creature becomes adapted to independence He displays s 's Intuition in intuition intuition in- in tuition by showing himself ac acutely tely sensitive to the moods of those around him and he shows vs emotions fear fear at the age of two months anger at four months and affection quite early In the third stage of bab babyhood hood which ends at two years eals he not only l begins to manifest Independence but also a a power of co operation He also shows signs sign of creative urge His Ills very tearing up of 01 things Is a sign of this He shows signe of creative fancy A stick is a horse A box is a ship And to towards towards to- to wards the close of the year two-year pe perI period pe- pe rI ned d he shows definite signs of thought Babyhood Is over