Chapter 8 Infant Reflexes & Stereotypies

Question 1

reflexes

Answer 1

involuntary response to stimuli

Question 2

spontanous movement

Answer 2

no specific purpose

Question 3

time span of infant reflexes

Answer 3

last 4 months of prenatal life and first 4 months after birth

Question 4

reflexes that do not go away

Answer 4

“lifespan” reflexes

Question 5

part of the brain that controls infant reflexes

Answer 5

lower brain

reflexes occur subcortically

Question 6

infant movments

Answer 6

infant reflexes
spontanous movements (stereotypies)

Question 7

infant reflexes

Answer 7

primitive and postural reflexes

Question 8

importance of primitive reflexes

Answer 8

protection
nutrition
survival

Question 9

postural reflexes

Answer 9

develop future movement (e.g. walking reflex)

dissapear when voluntary behavior appear

Question 10

stereotypies

Answer 10

intrinsic, rythmical, patterned
involuntary
precede complaex voluntary movements
no purpose

Question 11

diagnostical tool

Answer 11

help determine level of neurological maturation

moro reflex, babinski reflex

Question 12

two types of involuntary movements

Answer 12

reflexes

spontanous movement