CH 8 Life Span Development Flashcards
Infancy
Stage of life = Birth - 1 year
Moro reflex
Seen in a child in Child in Infancy stage - A response to being startled in which the infant throws out both arms, spreads the fingers, then grabs with fingers and arms
Palmar reflex
Seen in a Child in infancy stage - A grasping reflex in which an infant grabs onto a finger placed in the infant’s palm
Rooting Reflex
Seen in Infant - Reflex response in which a hungry infant automatically turns toward the stimulus when the cheek or one side of the mouth is touched
Sucking reflex
Seen in infant - Reflex in which stroking a hungry infant’s lips causes the infant to start sucking
Heart Rate for Newborn
100-170
Heart Rate for Infant up to 1 Year Old
90-160
Respiratory Rate for Infant
30-60/minute
Respiratory Rate for up to 1 year old
24-30/minute
Systolic BP for infant
50-70
Systolic BP for up to 1 year old
About 90
Bonding
Formation of close relationship through frequent association
Trust vs Mistrust
Concept developed from an orderly, predicatble environment versus a disorderly, irregular environment
Scaffolding
Building on what one already knows
Temperament
The infant’s nature or personality, especially in terms of responding to the environment