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size and appearance of newborn
fontanels
lanugo
vernix caseosa |
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20 inches long, 7.5 pounds
fontanels- soft plates of head
lanugo- fuzzy prenatal hair
vernix caseosa- oily protection against infection |
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birth trauma, anoxia or hypoxia
postmaturirty
prematurity
low birthweight |
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immediate treatment for prematurity
isolette |
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intravenous feeding
isolette-controlled environment like an incubator
kangaroo care & ICU massage- increase blood flow, speeds up development, help parents feel emotional attached to isolated baby |
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| long-term outcomes of low birthweight |
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| greater risk of neurological and cognitive impairment, lower academic achievement, social behavior and attention problems |
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first 3 years grow fast
end of 1st year triple in weight |
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neural tube closure...spina bifida prevented by taking folic acid
at birth brain is 24% of adult size
most developed part is hindbrain
develops back to front |
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| send and receive information |
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| fatty substance helps send faster signals...gray and white |
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| postnatal brain is molded by interactions with the environment |
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plasticity-molding of the brain through experience allows learning to happen
threats - sensory impoverishment, malnutrition |
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| Sensitive period in brain development |
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stimulation is vital when brain is grown rapidly
experience-expectant plasticity
ordinary experiences "expected" by the brain
experience-dependent plasticity
additional growth as a result of specific learning experiences |
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| early senses of touch and pain |
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| first sense to develop, able to experience pain at birth, kangaroo care reduces pain sensitivity |
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| early senses of smell and taste |
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beging to develop in the womb
newborns prefer sweet tastes toxins tend to be bitter
fluids and odors may be transmitted through amniotic fluid |
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functional before birth
three day olds can tell new speech sounds from the ones they've heard already |
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least developed at birth
20/20 vision reached by 6 months
binocular vision(depth) develops around 4.5 months |
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| Depth perception and fear of height |
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| walk and gibson 1961 visual cliff experiments |
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| milestones of motor development |
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| roll over, grasp rattle, stand alone, walk well, build tower of cubes, copying circle |
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