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| Braxton Hicks Contractions (87) |
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| Early contractions (4th mo) to prepare for delivery; called “false labor” |
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| Standard Health Care measurement system; looks for a variety of indications of good health (appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, respiration) |
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| Premature infants; born prior to 38 weeks (high risk for illness and death) |
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Preterm Infants: (97)
Kangaroo Care |
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| Helps preterm infants better develop; held skin to skin |
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Preterm Infants: (97)
Skin to Skin |
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| Parents that hold their infants skin-to-skin helps preterm infants develop (ex. Kangaroo Care) |
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Preterm Infants: (97)
Massaging |
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| Massaging preterm infants several times/ day triggers hormones that promote weight gain, muscle development, and abilities to cope with stress |
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| The baby is surgically removed from the uterus, rather than traveling through the birth canal |
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| Places the baby at risk; umbilical cord is more likely to be compressed, depriving the baby of oxygen. The baby is positioned feet first in the birth canal |
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| Baby lies crosswise in the uterus, or when the baby’s head is so large it has trouble moving throught the birth canal |
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| Classical Conditioning (107-109) |
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| An organism learns to respond in a particular way to a neutral stimulus that normally does not bring about that type of response |
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| Operant Conditioning (107-109) |
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| A voluntary response is strengthened or weakened, depending on its association with positive or negative consequences |
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| Decrease in the response to a stimulus that occurs after repeated presentations of the same stimulus |
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