Reading reflection on "What every baby knows"

1. Inferential learning mechanisms are the ability of babies to create, revise and discard theories about the world they live in, making predictions and changing them as it suits the environment.
2. Within the first few days, babies will recognize and imitate others. After a year, they will understand other peoples actions and emotions to external objects. At 18 months they will understand that other people want other things. By three they will tell things in such a way as to fit reality, not realizing that when they are older this will be called lying, and by four years old they will understand what it means to lie.
3. This article assumes that babies are consciously forming these theories about the world, and that they will continue to change to fit the environment until they are about four years old. It also assumes that babies learn based upon interaction with other people. This implies that it is necessary for humans to be part of a group, and that we build upon each other. It also implies that children that receive no contact will not develop as well as the children who do.