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caregiver’s & child’s styles match and communication and interaction can flow

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goodness-of-fit

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2
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individual’s consistent pattern of feeling, thinking, and behaving

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personality

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3
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weight & length of child after birth?

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7.5 pounds, 20 inches

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4
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how many percent do infants lose in body weight?

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5%

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  • 4 mos old -> the weight ____
  • 1 yr old -> the weight ____
  • 2 yrs old -> the weight ____
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doubles, triples, quadruples

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6
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stores and transmit information

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neurons

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7
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how many brain cells do we have?

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85 billion

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branching extensions that collect information from other neurons

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dendrites

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dendrites undergo a period of?

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exuberance

(what undergoes a period of exuberance?)

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formation of connections between neurons

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synaptogenesis

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period of rapid neural growth

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synaptic blooming

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12
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neural connections are reduced

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synaptic pruning

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13
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coating of fatty tissues around the axon of the neuron

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myelin

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insulates the nerve cell and transmission speed of impulses from one cell to another

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myelin

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enhances the building of neural pathways

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myelin

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thin outer covering of the brain involved in voluntary activity and thinking

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cortex

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where most of the neural activity occurs

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cortex

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behind the forehead; for thinking, planning, memory, and judgement

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frontal lobe

19
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responsible for processing info about touch; extends from the middle to the back of the skull

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pariental lobe

20
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back of the skull; processes visual information

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occipital lobe

21
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responsible for hearing and language; between the ears

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temporal lobe

22
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process in which different functions become localized primarily on one side of the brain

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lateralization

23
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for language production

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left hemisphere

24
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for visuospatial ability tasks

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right hemisphere

25
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brain’s ability to change and enhance its adaptability to environmental change and compensate for injury

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neuroplasticity

26
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how many hours do infants sleep

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16.5 hours

27
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no immediate cause; occurs among infants less than 1 year old

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sudden unexpected infant death

28
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death of a healthy infant occurs suddenly and unexpectedly; medical and forensic investigation findings are inconclusive

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sudden infant death syndrome

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SUID where thorough investigation was not conducted

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unknown cause

30
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suck on anything that touches the lips

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sucking

31
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turning the head when the cheek is touched

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rooting

32
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fingerd automatically grip anything that touches the paln of the hand

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grasp

33
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toes will fan out and curl when the sole of the foot is stroked

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babinski

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sudden noise or loss of support to the head and neck will cause infants to spread out their armd and legs then quickly contract the limbs inward

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moro

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infants will extend the arm and leg on the side while flexing the limbs on the opposite side

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tonic neck

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legs move in stepping-like motion when feet touch a smooth surface

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stepping

37
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involuntary movements in response to stimulation

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reflex

38
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head to tail

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cephalocaudal

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from the midline outward

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proximodistal

40
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walking while holding onto something

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cruising

41
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ability to move our bodies and manipulate objects

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motor skills

42
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focus on the muscles in our fingers, toes, and eyes, and enable coordination of small actions

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fine motor grasp

43
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grasping an object with fingers and palm but no thumbs

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palmer grasp

44
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grasp with forefinger and thumbs

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pincer grasp

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