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teething

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some babies have constant pain as teeth come in, some have no pain
- teething rings and topical pain relief may help
teeth typically appear around 5-9 months

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cephalocaudal trend

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head to tail growth pattern
- head develops first, followed by lower body

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proximodistal trend

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centre of body outward growth pattern
- head, trunk and chest grow first, then arms and legs, then hands and feet

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synapses

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little gaps between neurons

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axon vs. dendrites

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axon: of the neuron releases the neurontransmitter

vs.

dendrites: receive the neurotransmitters

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overproduction / exuberance (brain)

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amount of dendritic connections increase

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myelination

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axons become encased in mylein sheath, which increases the speed of communication between neurons

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three different brain regions

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  1. hindbrain
  2. midbrain
  3. forebrain
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hindbrain & midbrain

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  • mature fastest
  • control basic biological functions necessary for life (e.g. breathing, heartbeat, movement etc.)
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forebrain

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limbic system and cerebral cortex

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limbic system (3)

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  1. hypothalamus (hunger, thirst, body temp. etc.)
  2. thalamus (sending and receiving sensory info)
  3. hippocampus (memory - slowest to grow)
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cerebral cortex

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  • controls speaking and understanding language, problem-solving, ideas and symbols
  • 85% of brain’s total weight
  • far longer than other animals’
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lateralisation

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specialisation of the two hemispheres

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left hemisphere

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language, info processing in logical way

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right hemisphere

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spatial reasoning, processing in logical way

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4 lobes

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  1. frontal lobe (planning for future/making decisions)
  2. parietal lobe (bodily sensations)
  3. occipital lobe (visual information)
  4. temporal lobe (auditory infomation, inc. language)
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plasticity

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  • infant brain is more flexible/highly responsive to environment
  • two types
    1. structual plasticity
    2. functional plasticity
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environmental deprivation

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  • can have significant effects on neurodevelopment
  • brain damage due to environmental deprivation is difficult to cure by 6 months
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4 types of unresponsive care

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  1. occasional inattention
  2. chronic under-stimulation
  3. severe neglect in a family context
  4. severe neglect in an institutional setting
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custom complex

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distinctive cultural pattern of behaviour that reflects underlying cultural beliefs

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SIDS

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sudden infant death syndrome
- leading cause of death in infants under 12 months
- infants fall asleep and never wake up
- may be due to transition from reflex to intentional behaviour when breathing is blocked

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SIDS risk factors (5)

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  • stomach sleeping
  • low birth weight
  • maternal smoking/2nd hand smoke exposure
  • soft bedding
  • sleeping in overheated room
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gross motor skills

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big movements involving larger muscles

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gross motor skills milestones (1st year) (7)

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  • holding head up without support
  • rolling over
  • sitting without support
  • crawling
  • standing
  • cruising
  • sometimes walking
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fine motor skills

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more precise motor abilities with smaller muscles

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fine motor skills sequence (1 month - 12 months)

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  • 1st month: pre-reaching reflex, grasp reflex
  • 3 months: intentional reaching
  • 4-5 months: reaching and grasping
  • 9-12 months: pincer grasp (thumb and forefinger)
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depth perception

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  • ability to discern relative distance of objects from self in environment
  • requires binocular vision
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binocular vision

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ability to coming the images of both eyes into one
- develops around 3 months

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intermodal perception

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integration and coordination of sensory information (e.g. when they hear a sound they can turn to look for its source)

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Piaget’s sensorimotor substages (4)

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  1. simple reflexes (0-1 month)
  2. first habits and primary circular reactions (1-4 months)
  3. secondary circular reactions (4-8 months)
  4. coordination of secondary schemes (8-12 months)
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simple reflexes

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sucking, grasping, rooting (latching on to bottle or breast)
- more assimilation than accomodation

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first habits and primary circular reactions

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actions start from unintentional action, but are repeated intentionally
- primary (focus on body) circular (repeated)

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secondary circular reactions

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actions still start unintentionally, repeat actions in external world
- e.g. rolling a ball, pulling hair

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coordination of secondary schemes

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actions begin as intentional goal-directed behaviour
- can coordinate schemes (move object to reach another)

35
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object permanence

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awareness that objects continue to exist even when we can’t see or touch them
- develops around 8-12 months

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information processing approach

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  • sensory memory (brief memory that retains impression of sensory information)
  • short term memory (information that is current focus of attention)
  • working memory (aspect of short term where info is stored as it’s comprehended)
  • long term memory (info that is committed to longer-term storage)
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habituation

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gradual decrease in attention

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dishabituation

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revival of attention with a new stimulus

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joint attention

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ability to attend to what others are attending (looking and pointing at what others are looking at)
- develops by 12 months

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habituation measures

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  • eye contact (how long?)
  • heart rate (how slow?)
  • sucking thumb (how fast?)
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recognition memory

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recognising something as correct once its seen
- easier for babies
- e.g. the Chase when at the board

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recall memory

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remembering something without hint
- e.g. the final Chase

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Gessell Scales (4)

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  • motor skills
  • language use
  • adaptive behaviour
  • personal-social behaviour

produces developmental quotient (DQ)

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Bayley Scales (4)

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  • cognitive
  • language
  • motor
  • habituation

suitable for 16 days - 3.5 months old
BSID-III Scale

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mozart effect

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belief that listening to mozart made information retain better - led to creationg of educational videos and DVDs

46
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prelinguistic communication

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  • cooing (ooh-ahhing) - 2 months
  • babbling (ba-ba-ba, da-da-da) - 4-10 months
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non-verbal communication

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facial expressions, gestures pointing, imitation (8-10 months)

48
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infant directed speech

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  • ‘motherese’ / baby talk
  • pitch and voice are higher
  • intonation exaggerated
  • infants prefer it
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temperament

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  • Thomas and Chess
  • innate differences in the way in which individuals respond to the world around them
  • biologically based raw materials
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Thomas and Chess’ aspects of behaviour (3)

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  • abilities: capacity to carry out behaviour
  • motivation: reason for performing behaviour
  • temperament: style in which they perform behaviour
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dimensions of temperament (6)

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  1. activity level
  2. adaptability
  3. intensity of reactions
  4. quality of mood
  5. emotionality
  6. sociability
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temperament traits (9)

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  1. sensitivity
  2. activity level
  3. regularity
  4. intensity
  5. approach/withdrawal
  6. adaptability
  7. persistence
  8. distractibility
  9. mood
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goodness-of-fit

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  • child’s behaviour and development shaped by interaction of temperament and environment
  • parents reactions/responses can strengthen or weaken infants persistence with temperament
54
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secondary emotions (3)

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require social learning
- shame
- embarrassment
- guilt

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primary emotions (6)

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  • anger
  • sadness
  • fear
  • disgust
  • surprise
  • happiness
56
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emotional contagion

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if an infant hears another infant crying, they start crying too

57
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still-face paradigm

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infants come to expect certain emotional reactions from others (video of mum with a still face and baby crying)

58
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social referencing

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infants learn to adapt and change their emotional reactions in response to others

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erikson’s infant stage

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trust vs. mistrust

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Bowlby

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evolutionary theory of attachment
- feeding is not the basis for attachment
- biologically preprogrammed to form attachments to survive

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internal working model

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cognitive framework for understanding world, self and interactions with others

62
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3 types of attachment

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  1. secure
  2. avoidant
  3. resistant
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three progressive stages of distress

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  1. protest: infant cries, screams, protest angrily when parents leave
  2. despair: infant protesting stops, appear calmer but still upset
  3. detachment: if separation continues infant will engage with other people, reject primary caregivers on return

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