Social Responses

As the baby matures, one of the tasks is to begin to see himself as separate from the world around her. During early infancy, the infant does not see himself as an individual who is separate from his mother, from other adults, and from the rest of the world. One of the gratifying events in the early months of a child's life is the smiling responses. An infant can respond in a social way to other human for the first time. The smile could be considered one of the infant's first social communications.