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Chapter 4: Physical Development in Infancy Flashcards

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1
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Cephalocaudal pattern

A

developmental sequence where earliest growth occurs at the head (top-to-bottom)

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Proximodistal pattern

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developmental sequence which starts from the middle

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What types of development follow the cephalocaudal principle?

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motor development
ex. infants see before they can control their torso

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What types of development follow the proximodistal pattern?

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ex. infants can move their hands before individual fingers

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Is growth continuous or episodic?

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episodic

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What does EEG stand for?

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electroencephalogram

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Shaken baby syndrome

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  • caused by shaking babies
  • most often perpetrated by fathers, boyfriends of mothers, etc.
  • can lead to brain swelling and hemorrhaging
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fNIRS

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  • low level of near-infrared light
  • monitors changes in blood oxygen
  • portable
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EEG

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  • measures electrical activity in brain
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At birth, the newborn’s brain is about ___% of its adult weight.

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25

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By the 2nd birthday, the brain is about ___% of its adult weight.

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75

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Forebrain

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  • cerebral cortex, etc.
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Frontal lobes

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  • voluntary movement
  • thinking
  • personality
  • intentionality/purpose
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Occipital lobes

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vision

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Temporal lobes

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hearing

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Parietal lobes

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spatial location, attention, motor control

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Lateralization

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the specialization of function in one hemisphere

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Myelination

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the process of encasing axons in fat cells (myelin sheath)

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How does a child’s environment impact their brain activity?

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depraved environment > depressed brain activity

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Neuroconstructivist view

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biological AND environmental conditions influence brain development

brain has plasticity

brain and cognitive development are closely related

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Why do we sleep?

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  • restoration
  • protection
  • critical for plasticity
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Infant sleep problems

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  • related to prenatal and postnatal maternal depression
  • affect 15-25% of infants
  • linked to other parental factors
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REM sleep

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  • eye movement
  • infants are more often in REM than non-REM
24
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Why do infants spend so much time in REM?

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  • stimulation
  • promotes brain development
25
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SIDS

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infant suddenly without apparent cause stops breathing

26
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How much do nutritionists recommend babies eat?

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50 cal/lb

27
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Breast vs. Bottle

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  • breast-fed infants have fewer/are less likely to experience:
    • gastrointestinal infections
    • lower respiratory tract infenctions
      -ear, throat, sinus infections
    • obesity
    • diabetes
    • fever
  • breast-fed infants have better
    • immune systems
    • cardiovascular health
28
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What impacts can malnutrition have on infants?

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negative impacts on: physical, cognitive, and social development

29
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What changes in height and weight take place in infancy?

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first several days: lose 5-7% body weight
first year: rapid growth, triple the birthweight
second year: growth slows

30
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Dynamic system theory

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motor behaviors are assembled for perceiving and acting

31
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Reflexes

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built-in reactions to stimuli

32
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Rooting reflex

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Sucking reflex, a touch on the cheek leads the infant to look for something to suck on

33
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Sucking reflex

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infant sucks objects in its mouth

34
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Moro reflex

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arches back, throws head back, flings out limbs and pulls back in

35
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Grasping reflex

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infant grabs whatever touches its palms

36
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Gross motor skills

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involve large-muscle activities, like walking

37
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Might the development of walking be linked with other advance?

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walking relates to initiating new interactions and even language development

38
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What factors are linked to the rate at which motor development occurs in infants?

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negative:
- mothers’ smoking
- birthweight/being premature
positive
- breast feeding
- exercising baby
- interactions with baby that promote movement

39
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Can parents encourage motor development?

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yes:
- exercises for the baby
- stretching the baby
*BUT only minimally

40
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Fine motor skills

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involve finely tuned movements
ex. finger dexterity

41
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Palmar grasp

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with whole hand

42
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Perceptual-motor coupling

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ex. using vision to guide how to grip

43
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What is the relationship between sensation and perception?

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Sensations are the product of interaction between sensory receptors and information, and perception is our interpretation of said interaction.

44
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Ecological view

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perception connects us with our environment

45
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Affordances

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opportunities for interaction offered by objects that fit within our capabilities to perform functions

46
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Visual preference method

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used to determine whether infants can distinguish stimuli based on the time they attend to stimuli

47
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Habituation

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decreased responsiveness over time to a familiar stimulus

48
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Dishabituation

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recovery of habituated response

49
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By what age can infants begin distinguishing different colors from one another?

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4-8 weeks

50
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By what age can babies show size and shape constancy?

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3 months

51
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T or F
In the first two months of postnatal development, babies cannot perceive occluded objects.

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true

52
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T or F
Infants cannot perceive depth.

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false

53
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T or F
Fetuses can hear before birth

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true - starting in the last 2 months of pregnancy

54
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T or F
Infants are not as sensitive to sounds as adults.

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true - infants are less sensitive to soft noises, pitch and localization

55
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T or F
Babies cannot feel pain.

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false

56
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T or F
Babies learn taste prenatally through the amniotic fluid.

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true

57
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Intermodal perception

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integrating info from two or more sensory modalities

ex. hearing and tasting

F22 Psychology 3340H (18 decks)

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