Overview Flashcards
Early adulthood
19 to 40
Infancy
Birth to 1 year
Late adulthood
61 and on
Middle adulthood
41 - 60
Moro reflex
When startled infant throws back arms, spreads fingers, then grabs with fingers and arms
Palmar reflex
Infant refexively grabs when something placed in hands
Preschool
3 - 5 years
Rooting reflex
Infant turns heard toward side of the cheek that was touched
Scaffolding
Building on what one already knows
School age
6 - 12
Sucking reflex
Automatically starts sucking when lip is rubbed if hungry
Temperament
Reacts to environment
Toddler
12 - 36 months
Trust vs mistrust
Developed from orderly predictable environment vs disorderly unpredictable environment
Bronchoconstriction
Contraction of smooth muscle that lines the passageway of the bronchial that results in decreased diameter of the airway and increased resistance to air movement