Definition:

REFLEXan unlearned automatic or involuntary neuromuscular action elicited by a defined stimulus.

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SWIMMING REFLEXSTEPPING REFLEXGRASPING REFLEX

When placed in water, infants hold their breath and move their arms & legs

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SWIMMING REFLEXSTEPPING REFLEXGRASPING REFLEX

Reflex disappears after four to six months

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SWIMMING REFLEXSTEPPING REFLEXGRASPING REFLEX

When held upright, with their feet touching the ground

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SWIMMING REFLEXSTEPPING REFLEXGRASPING REFLEX

Infants will step, as if walking

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SWIMMING REFLEXSTEPPING REFLEXGRASPING REFLEX

Unless practiced often, disappears after 8 weeks

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SWIMMING REFLEXSTEPPING REFLEXGRASPING REFLEX

If you touch an infant’s palm, babies curl their finger around your finger

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SWIMMING REFLEXSTEPPING REFLEXGRASPING REFLEX

the baby will curl their hand around your fingerto grasp it

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SWIMMING REFLEXSTEPPING REFLEXGRASPING REFLEX

After three to four months, the reflex is replaced by a voluntary grasp

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Classical conditioning also extends to involuntary acts that are learned, called elicited behaviours…

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…including fears.