An odd characteristic of the learning process of children is
known as U-shaped behavior. Very young children， even the
newborn， have special abilities which they spontaneously
seem to forget in middle childhood and have to \"relearn\" as
they grow older. This behavior is termed U-shaped after the
up-down-up form of the graph of the child s development.
Probably the most widely known U-shaped phenomenon is
the ability to walk. Newborn infants can walk if properly
supported， but this capacity disappears within a month or two
of birth. It does not reappear again until the infant is about a
year old. U-shaped behavior also is apparent in speaking.
When children first begin to tatk__ tko__，~ _ --~-~-~ s ~
~affa past tenses correcfl~. Tloward Gardtter， a ctevelopme~xta~
psychologist at Harvard University， .gave the following ex-
ample of this (see The New York Times， September 25， 1979，
p. C3): Children ~vill say， for instance， \"the mice came.\"
Month~ later， they~ill make mistakes， however， saying \"the
mouses came\" orf ~the mice corned.\" Proper usage does not
usually return until the age of 3 or 4.
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