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Chapter 4 Infant Physical Development Flashcards

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Infant Physical Development, we are looking at what ages?

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Neonate to 5 years of age.

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Physical Growth of infants

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  • Girls are slightly shorter and lighter than boys
  • they gain baby fat until about 9 months, then get slimmer
  • grow in spurts
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You can tell when babies are going through a growth spurt when…

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they are cranky, they are feverish, and when they have an increase in hunger.

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When is the 2nd most rapid growth spurt?

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Infancy

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When is the 1st and 3rd?

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1st = prenatal
3rd = adolescence
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What are the different type of growth trends?

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Cephalocaudal and Proximodistal

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What is Cephalocaudal?

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When the lower part of the body grows later than the head. (“Head to tail”)

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What is Proximodistal?

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When the extremities grow later than the head, chest, and trunk. (“Near to far”)

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The head is the fastest growing part of the body early in life, This is the _________ trend?

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cephalocaudal

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Skeletal Growth in infants… (Anatomy Review question)

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Fontanels, sutures, bone shaft, growth plate, and upper epiphysis.

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Why are fontanels so important? (2 main reasons)

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1- allows for head deformation during birth through the vaginal canal
2- allows for brain development to to the age of 2

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What happens if there is a genotype problem with the child?

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Medical intervention can help the child phenotypically

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What happens if there is growth plate damage?

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There will be damaged growth.

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Why should we choose breast milk over formula milk?

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Breast milk has antibodies, vitamins and produces what the baby needs. It also helps mom lose the baby weight due to high metabolic rate and has a low chance of getting pregnant again due to lactation.

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What is a wet nurse?

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Is a woman that is giving a mother her breast milk for the babies formula.

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When should you introduce “solid” foods within the babies diet?

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During the 6 month period of the babies life.

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What does this “solid” food look like?

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Mushy

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Should you incorporate more than one food in a babies diet a day?

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No, you should only incorporate 1 new food item a day due to allergies and GI reactions.

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Should you give your baby honey?

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No, it is bad for babies as it holds a bacteria that they cannot break down yet. It is very thick and they can choke on it as well as it containing a lot of sugar.

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Malnutrition and its two types:

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Marasmus and Kwashiorkor

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What is Marasmus?

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It is a type of malnutrition that results in malnourishment

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What is Kwashiorkor?

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It is a type of malnutrition that results in not having enough protein

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What is synaptic pruning?

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when the neurons that are not being used are eliminated in order to increase the space and efficiency of neural transmissions.

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What is branching?

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connections b/w neurons

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What is the myelin sheath?

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A protective covering over the axon which allows for fast and efficient transmissions to occur.

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Glial cells are…?

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most abundant cells within the CNS + protect neuron

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The fatty substance that builds up on the neurons is _______ and it ________.

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myelin; speeds up transmissions

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The four types of lobes are:

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Frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital.

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What are indentions of the brain called?

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Sulci

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What are the folds and bumps of the brain called?

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Gyri

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Name the different types of cortexes:

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Motor, sensory, auditory, visual

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What does the motor cortex control?

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fine motor skills, gross motor, writing, etc.

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What does the sensory cortex control?

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sensation, fingers, mouth, face, afferent and efferent neurons.

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What does the auditory cortex control?

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frequencies and sound

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What does the visual cortex control?

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sight

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What is a motor homunculus?

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basically shows the part of the body if the body grew in similarity with the cortexes.

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What is proprioception?

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When we are aware of where out body parts are without seeing them

38
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What is the prefrontal association complex?

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it allows for planning actions and movements as well as abstract thought

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Within infancy, which lobe is not as processed or used?

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Frontal, low filter

40
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What is the limbic system and its functions?

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involved with emotion (amygdala) and memory (hippocampus)

41
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Limbic system and abnormal effects:

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PTSD and multiple personality disorder

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Frontal lobe functions:

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planning and abstract thought

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Temporal lobe functions:

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hearing

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Occipital lobe functions:

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sight

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Pariteal lobe functions;

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sensation and perception

46
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What separates the left and right hemisphere?

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Corpos callosum

47
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Broca’s area is:

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production of speech

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Wrenicke’s area is:

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speech comprehension

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Left Hemisphere

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sensory information
control of right side of body
verbal abilities
positive emotion 
sequential and analytical processing
50
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Right Hemisphere

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sensory information
control left side of the body
spatial abilities 
negative emotion
holistic processing
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The left hemisphere is related to?

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language and analytical thought

52
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Cerebellum’s function is…

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understanding, balance, and is now tied to social functioning.

53
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Why are individuals with autism socially awkward?

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Their cerebellum is not functioning properly

54
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REM decreases substantially when we grow? True or False

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True

55
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We are more likely to wake up during REM sleep? True or False

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True

56
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Sleep is vital because?

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It helps with stimulating the brain for normal development

57
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Boys are more active than girls? True or False

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True

58
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Pavlov introduced what kind of conditioning?

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Classical Conditioning

59
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What is classical conditioning?

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Conditioning one into behaving or reacting in a specific way

60
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Parts of classical conditioning include?

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unconditioned response, conditioned response, unconditioned stimulus, and conditioned stimulus

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What can be conditioned in infants?

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Reflexive/involuntary actions

62
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Operant Conditioning is harder for babies due to?

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low voluntary behavior

63
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When can you perform operant conditioning on babies?

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Once they develop behavior, which then can be changed

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Habituation is…

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You getting used to something

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Dishabituation is…

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recovered or restored behavioral response or habituation

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We habituate and dishabituate easily to…?

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Smell and sound

67
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Do newborns have the ability to imitate?

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Yes, they reflex and use their reflex neurons

68
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With imitation or reflexing actions, what helps?

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Play stage

69
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Imitation helps generate positive relationships? True or False

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True

70
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When does novelty occur?

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when a baby starts to understand faces and who their primary care givers are

71
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Classical conditioning is…

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easy to accomplish with neonates

72
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Gross motor milestones follow what?

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Cepholacaudal and Proximodistal trends

73
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Pre-reaching is?

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Palmar grasp

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Reaching is?

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Ulnar grasp with two hands and then one (b/w 2-3 months)

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Ulnar grasp is?

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adjusting grip to object and helps move objects to other hand (3 1/2 months)

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Pincer (radial) grasp is?

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Develops 12 months of life uses phalanges one and two

77
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The ulnar grasp:

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is voluntary and develops around 3-5 months

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