INFANCY AND NEONATAL

Question 1

is the first form of milk produced by the mammary glands of humans & other mammals immediately following delivery of the newborn

Answer 1

COLOSTRUM

Question 2

contain immune cells, lymphocytes & antibodies

Answer 2

COLOSTRUM

Question 3

An intervention involving extended skin-to-skin contact

Answer 3

KANGAROO CARE

Question 4

This soothing contact seems to reduce stress on the central nervous system & help with self-regulation of sleep and activity

Answer 4

KANGAROO CARE

Question 5

can occur from as little as 5 seconds of shaking

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SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME

Question 6

the brain bounces back & forth against the skull causing bruising of the brain (cerebral contusion)

Answer 6

SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME

Question 7

increased pressure causing permanent brain damage or death

Answer 7

SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME

Question 8

is the sudden death of a healthy infant under age 1

Answer 8

SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME(SIDS) or CRIB DEATH

Question 9

Grows follows a pattern that begins with the head and upper body parts then proceeds to the rest of the body, “head to tail” (Greek and Latin)

Answer 9

CEPHALOCAUDAL PRINCIPLE

Question 10

Development proceeds from the center of the body outward, “near and far” (Latin)

Answer 10

PROXIMODISTAL PRINCPLE

Question 11

skills develop separately and independently but are later integrated into more complex skills

Answer 11

PRINCIPLE OF HIERARCHICAL INTEGRATION

Question 12

different body systems grows at different rates

Answer 12

PRINCIPLE OF INDEPENDENT SYSTEMS

Question 13

Physical skills involving large body movement like waving the arms, walking & jumping; as infant gain muscle strength they start to wiggle, attempting to move forward by pushing their arms shoulder & upper body against the surface they are on.

Answer 13

GROSS MOTOR SKILLS

Question 14

small body movements w/ the hands & fingers like picking up a coin to drawing

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FINE MOTOR SKILLS

Question 15

Piaget’s term for capacity to store mental images or symbols of objects & events

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REPRESENTATIONAL ABILITY

Question 16

the ability to mentally represent objects & actions in memory, largely through symbols such as words, numbers & mental pictures different from schemes- an organized patterns of thought and behavior used in particular situations.

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REPRESENTATIONAL ABILITY

Question 17

processes by w/c an infant learns to reproduce desired occurrences originally discovered by chance ex. An action gets a response from another person or object, leading to baby’s repeating original action or baby squeezes rubber duct so that duck squeaks

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CIRCULAR REACTIONS

Question 18

referring to a more complex ability requiring long-term memory; it is the reproduction of an observed behavior after the passage of time.

Answer 18

DEFERRED IMITATION

Question 19

is a type of learning in which familiarity with a stimulus reduces, slows, or stops a response

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HABITUATION

Question 20

increase in responsiveness after presentation of a new stimulus

Answer 20

DISHABITUATION

Question 21

Is of fundamental importance to social interaction, language acquisition, and the understanding of others’ intentions and mental states

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JOINT ATTENTION

Question 22

develops between 10 and 12 months, when babies follow an adults’ gaze by looking or pointing in the same direction

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JOINT ATTENTION

Question 23

refers to mutual interactions with adults that help structure children’s activities and bridge the gap between a child’s understanding and an adult’s.

Answer 23

GUIDED PARTICIPATION

Question 24

tendency of infants to spend more time looking at one sight than another

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VISUAL PREFERENCE