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34 Cards in this Set
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When in a baby's time is growth spurt greatest?
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during last trimester and first 36 postnatal months
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What vision does the baby only have initially?
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rod vision; can't see out of center of eye so they see to the side
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When do cones develop in babies?
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2-3 months of age
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What senses are best developed in a baby?
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tactile sense; also smell and hearing is last
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What early somatosensory response is a good predictor of how a baby will do later?
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Babies' response to touch (SEP; somatosensory evoked potential)
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Why does a baby develop motor control at 2-3 mo?
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cortex can now inhibit spinal cord and now can sleep in noisy places
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What is wrong when a baby only eats and sleeps?
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probably brain damage that produced severe lethargy
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What is an apgar test?
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five 2-point scales that measure:
Skin Muscle tone Heart Rate Respiration Stimulation |
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What is the critical period and what is it physiologically marked by?
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It is the time where experiences really stick and affect behavior/development; marked by 2mg/min increase in brain growth
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What are freud's stages of psychosexual development?
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Oral (birth-1)
Anal (1-3) Phallic (3-5) Latency (6-11) Genital (11-18) |
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What are Erickson's stages of psychosocial development?
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each stage builds upon the previous and has either a + or - outcome; says childhood events linked to experiences during adulthood
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What are piaget's stages of cognitive development?
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emphasized cognitive development
Sensorimotor (birth-2) pre-operational thought (2-7) concrete operation (7-11) formal operation (11-18) |
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What's Bolby's attachment?
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behaviors that promote nearness to attachment figures so danger is avoided.
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What kind of brain injuries must be assessed in infants?
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Hemorrhage, PVL, and global cortical atrophy
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What brain injury is consistent with poor visual attention, late to walk?
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Hemorrhage; can be helped with therapy and early intervention
LATE TO WALK |
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What brain injury is consistent with CHILD WITH GLASSES, visual problems, learning disabilities?
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PVL -- therapy does not help
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How might you describe a kid with perinatal intracranial hemorrhage?
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kids with big heads and low muscle tone and first walk independently after 15 mo
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What are vision problems in kids with perinatal intracranial hemorrhage from?
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ventricular dilation
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What is the most common ischemic brain injury in premies?
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Periventricular leukomalacia
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What do kids with PVL often develop?
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signs to cerebral palsy
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What is the fetus at higher risk for developing before 34 weeks? after?
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hemorrhage risk declines after 34 weeks; PVL risk increases after 34 weeks
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What is smaller in PVL kids?
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corpus callosum
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what should you check for in kids with global cortical atrophy?
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organ problems
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what are longer term developmental problems of those with global cortical atrophy?
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learning disability/CP
hyperactive and impulsive behavior Mental retardation |
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What does a kid at 4 mo who rolls around have?
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probably CP
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If infant behavior/learning deficits don't recover with therapy, what is the problem?
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subcortical white matter is f-ed
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What is the clinical definition of mental retardation?
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(IQ < 70) IQ less than 2 STD below norm
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What is the key thing to check for at 4 mo?
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CEREBRAL PALSY
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When does autism present itself?
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MENTAL arrest at 16 mo;
MOTOR arrest at 26 mo. |
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What kind of play:
secure with secure |
cooperative
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What type of interaction:
insecure attachment-anxious and insecure attachment-avoidant? |
violent
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What type of interaction:
secure with insecure anxious? |
secure one is bossy!
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What type of interaction:
both insecure attachment -anxious |
hypochondriac play
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What type of interaction:
both insecure attachment -avoidant |
solitary play
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