Psych 206 Unit 2/Ch.4

Question 1

Co-sleeping

Answer 1

Infants sleep with one or more parents

Question 2

Very low birth weight

Answer 2

Weighs less than 3 1/2 lbs at birth.

Question 3

Visual Acuity

Answer 3

Sees fine detail

Question 4

SIDS(Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)

Answer 4

Death of an infant occurs before age 1.

Question 5

Small for gestational age (SGA)

Answer 5

Born below 10th percentile of birth weight.

Question 6

Reflexes

Answer 6

Involuntary movements elicited by environmental stimuli.

Question 7

Neurons

Answer 7

Cell processes info and allows communication in nervous system

Question 8

Programmed cell death

Answer 8

Process in which neurons die

Question 9

Infant mortality

Answer 9

Dies between birth & age 1

Question 10

Myelination

Answer 10

Fatty insulation (myelin) grows around axons

Question 11

Fine motor development (Small)

Answer 11

Coordinating with intricate movements of smaller muscles

Question 12

Gross motor development (Large)

Answer 12

Process of coordinating movements with large muscles in body.

Question 13

Colostrum

Answer 13

Thick and yellow substance in breastmilk with important antibodies

Question 14

Synaptogenesis

Answer 14

Dendrites and axons that branch out to form large numbers of connections with the neurons.