Development Flashcards
Neonatal Reflex:
stroking cheek causes baby to turn head
rooting reflex
Neonatal Reflex:
how baby will turn/ unturn toes
babinski reflex
Neonatal Reflex: how when a baby’s head is turned, the arm on that side straightens while the arm on the side that is opposite bends. Disappears at 6 months of age
Tonic Neck
Neonatal Reflex: when Skin is stroked, baby moves/swings to the side it was stroked
Galant
Neonatal Reflex: children closes their hands on anything that comes in
their palm. Disappears at 3 -4 months
Palmer Grasp
Neonatal Reflex:holding an infant upright causes them to step forward
stepping
what developmental aspect of the limbic system explains why teneagers are moody
amygdala is developing
what term refers to the increase in early adolecencant brain volume and then later reduction in brain volume in later adolencences
synaptic pruning
-breaking down connections between some neurons