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| the sequence in which the earliest growth always occurs at the top- the head- with physical growth in size, weight, and feature differentiation gradually working from top to bottom. |
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| the sequence in which growth starts at the center of the body and moves toward the extremities. |
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| includes swelling and hemorrhaging, affects hundred of babies in the US each year. |
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| Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) |
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| a condition that occurs when an infant stops breathing, usually during the night, and dies suddenly without an apparent cause. |
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| impairs the infant’s arousal from sleep and restricts the infant’s ability to swallow effectively, more common in low birth weight infants, infants who are passively exposed to cigarette smoke, and infants who sleep in soft bedding |
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| Benefits of breast feeding |
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| Appropriate weight gain and lowered risk of childhood obesity; fewer allergies; prevention or reduction of diarrhea, respiratory infections, bacterial and urinary tract infections, and otitis media |
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| built-in reactions to stimuli, and they govern the newborn’s movements |
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| cheek stroked or side of moth touched; infant turns head, opens moth, begins sucking; disappears after 3 to 4 months |
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| object touching moth; sucks automatically; disappears after 3 to 4 months |
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| sudden stimulation, such as hearing loud noise or being dropped; startles, arches back, throws head back, flings out arms and legs and then rapidly closes them to center of body; disappears after 3 to 4 months |
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| are skills that involve large-muscle activities, such as moving one’s arms and walking |
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-involve finely tuned movements. Grasping a toy, using a spoon, buttoning a shirt, or anything that requires finger dexterity demonstrates fine motor skills.
-Palmer
-Pincer |
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| the product of the interaction between information and the sensory receptors—the eyes, ears, tongue, nostrils, and skin |
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| the interpretation of what is sensed |
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| the view that perception functions to bring us into contact with the environment and to increase adaptation |
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| decreased responsiveness to a stimulus after repeated presentations of the stimulus |
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| recovery of a habituated response after a change in stimulation |
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| made the discovery that infants look at different things for different lengths of time. "looking chamber" |
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| lasts from birth to about age 2. Infants construct an understanding of the world by coordination sensory experiences with physical, motoric actions. |
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| actions or mental representations that organize knowledge |
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| occurs when children use their existing schemes to deal with new info or experiences |
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| occurs when children adjust their schemes to take new info and experiences into account. |
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| understanding that objects and events continue to exist, even when they cannot directly be seen, heard, or touched |
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| occurs when individuals focus on the same object and an ability to track another’s behavior is present |
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| which occurs after a time delay of hours or days |
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