Contrary to popular belief, babies are quite intelligent beings. Today, Dr. Saied Jacob, author of Your Baby's Mind: How to Make the Most of the Critical First Two Years, talks about babies and their spectacular ability to recognize human faces. Even though they are newborns with very little life experience, they still have an innate ability to recognize their mother's voice. They also show a preference for their mother's voice. Learn more about a baby's knowledge of people with this video.
Saied H. Jacob earned his Ph.D. in educational
psychology from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. For over 10 years,
he served as Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of
Maryland. In 1978, he was invited to continue his research into cognitive
development at the University of Geneva under the direction of the
world-renowned child development specialist, Professor Jean Piaget. In 1984 Dr.
Jacob moved to Los Angeles where, between 1996 and 1998, he served as Lecturer
at the Graduate School of Education at UCLA. Since that time Dr. Jacob has been
engaged in teaching and running his own consulting firm. Dr. Jacob serves on the
Board of Advisors of kidthing, inc.
Dr. S. H. Jacob has published the following
books on the subject of intellectual development: Foundations for Piagetian
Education. Lanham, MD: University Press of America (1984); Your Baby's
Mind: How to Make the Most of the Critical First Two Years. Holbrook,MA:
Adams Media (1991; 1992) and Your Baby's Mind: How to Make the Most of the
Critical First Two Years. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse (2008). Since its
initial publication in 1991, Your Baby's Mind has sold approximately
100,000 copies and has been published in Spanish, Russian, Hungarian,
Portuguese, Chinese, and Korean.
Most recently, S. H. Jacob has published a
series of booklets on the same subject entitled Inventive Minds: A Parents
Guide to Intellectual Development in the First Two Years.
He has consulted widely for school systems as
well as major companies and has appeared on radio and television programs
throughout the country, including CBS This Morning; and CNN's Sonia Live.
