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Developmental Psychology Chapter 3
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- 1Type of pain relief during labour that is usually given as injections. They relieve pain without causing loss of consciousness.systemic analgesics
- 2Type of pain relief during labour that is injected and cause numbness in a very small area.local anesthetics
- 3Type of pain that is usually called epidural blocks, are the most commonly used form of pain relief. Epidural blocks cause a complete loss of sensation below the point in the spine where the pain-relieving drug is injected.regional analgesics
- 4Type of pain relief that is relieves pain and induces unconsciousness.general anesthesia
- 5The cervix widens sufficiently to allow the infant’s head to pass into the birth canaldilation
- 6The flattening of the cervixeffacement
- 7A birth complication that is an insufficiency of oxygen for the infantanoxia
- 8Delivery of the child through an incision in the mother’s abdomen.caesarean deliveries
- 9Term for any baby born with a weight below 2,500 grams (5.5 pounds)low birth weight (LBW)
- 10Term for any baby born with a weight below 1,500 grams (3.3 pounds).Very low birth weight (VLBW)
- 11Term for any baby born with a weight below 1,000 grams (2.2 pounds).extremely low birth weight (ELBW)
- 12Any baby born before 38 weeks of gestationpreterm infant
- 13An infant who weighs less than is normal for the number of weeks of gestation completedsmall-for-date infant
- 14A problem frequently found in infants born more than 6 weeks before term, in which the infant’s lungs lack a chemical (surfactant) needed to keep air sacs inflated. A problem frequently found in infants born more than 6 weeks before term, in which the infant’s lungs lack a chemical (surfactant) needed to keep air sacs inflated.respiratory distress syndrome
- 15Physical responses triggered involuntarily by specific stimulireflexes
- 16Reflexes that are essential to the infant’s survival but that disappear in the first year of life (e.g., sucking).adaptive reflexes
- 17Collection of reflexes seen in young infants that gradually disappear during the first year of life, including the Moro and Babinski reflexes.primitive reflexes
- 18The reflex that causes infants to extend their legs, arms, and fingers, arch the back, and draw back the head when startledThe Moro reflex
- 19A reflex found in very young infants that causes them to splay out their toes in response to a stroke on the bottom of the foot.Babinski reflex
- 20A reflex where a baby turns his head to one side when he's on his back.tonic neck
- 21A reflex where the baby will make step-like motions, alternating feet as in walking when you hold him under his arms with feet just touching a floor or other flat surface.walking
- 22A reflex where the baby turns his head toward the touch, opens mouth, and makes sucking movements when you stroke baby’s cheek with finger or nipple.rooting
- 23A reflex where a baby will make a strong fist around your finger when you stroke the baby’s palm with your finger.grasping
- 24The view that several factors interact to influence development.dynamic systems theory
- 25The process of taking in raw information through the sensessensation
- 26The attribution of meaning to sensory informationperception
- 27A pattern where development proceeds from the head downwardcephalocaudal
- 28A pattern where development proceeds from the trunk outwardproximodistal
- 29The automatic reduction in the strength or vigor of a response to a repeated stimulus.habituation
- 30Inborn predispositions that form the foundations of personality.temperament
- 31The unexpected death of an infant who otherwise appears healthysudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)