Maternal death

Social interactions are essential in everyday situations such as wooing a mate, the reproduction of offspring, and forming interpersonal relationships. ‘Prosociality’, which is an umbrella term, involves maternal and paternal care, social recognition, adult affiliation such as pair bonding and social bonding, and empathy and trust between people. Various literature has examined the roles of oxytocin and vasopressin in supporting prosocial behaviours. Oxytocin (OT), a nonapeptide hormone…

1.) Atherton, Olivia E., Thomas J. Schofield, Angela Sitka, Rand D. Conger, and Richard W. Robins. 2016. “Unsupervised Self-Care Predicts Conduct Problems: The Moderating Roles of Hostile Aggression and Gender.” Journal of Adolescence 48:1–10. The article, Unsupervised Self-Care Predicts Conduct Problems: The Moderating Roles of Hostile Aggression and Gender presents a longitudal study done on 674 Mexican children ages 10 to 12 over a period of two years. The main questions addressed in the…

Case File One: Assignment Two 1. Comment on the quality of the attachment relationship between Vincent and his mother. Based on this, do you think that Vincent is at risk for developmental problems? If so, explain. Throughout the case, we learned that Vincent and his mother had a strong bond, which caused some issues when being placed in foster care. While in foster care, he continuously asked when his mother was coming to visit, but after being told she is still getting better, he seemed to be…

and after birth ideas to create less stress with new parents and babies here in the US. The First policy seen in Finland that should be adopted by the US is the amount of leave the women gets for having the baby. Finland offer both maternal and paternal leave. Jennifer Chait (writer of an article titled Finland’s Family Benefits Prove Why it’s Ranked the Number One Place to be a Parent…

Have you ever wondered how animals imprint? Animal Imprinting is a very common thing. We don’t even notice it happening sometimes. So how do animals imprint and what/who do they imprint on? Animal imprinting Animals typically imprint when they are a newborn or are very young. They will establish a behavioral pattern of recognition and attraction towards others. There are numerous types of imprinting. Such as, filial imprinting. Filial imprinting is when offspring imprint on their parents.…

they were animal cruelty , because Harry mentioned that he didn 't like animals and didn 't care for them. But did people realize what was the outcome of these experiments. According to Robert Lickliter, “ His groundbreaking work clearly showed that maternal separation had a profound impact on subsequent, behavioral, social, and emotional development” (398). The separation of a mother changes you. I agree it would be a huge impact but why would it be an impact? It is because the love that a…

the first 3 years of a child’s life, which he described as the ‘critical period’ and he also explained that the attachment should not be broken within the first 5 years of a child’s life (referred to as the ‘sensitive period’) or this could lead to maternal deprivation. Bowlby…

Breastfeeding for New Mothers Imagine how it might feel to be a new mother who has decided to breastfeed her baby. There are so many thoughts and questions swirling around in her brain. Is she doing it right? Is the baby getting enough milk? Perhaps most importantly, how to hold and position the baby. These are just a few of the questions that as an expecting mother, I wonder about. Although breastfeeding is a natural process, each new mother will go through her own process of trial and error…

Reported short-term side effects of THC are sedation, lethargy, weakness, and poor eating habits. The authors of the interpretation of these results explain that exposure to THC in breastfed infants makes the infants have side effects, and lead to maternal…

There were 281 participants in this experimental study. Most of the participants were family or friends of students in a research methods class at Florida International University, and they were recruited through email, personal, or telephone request. One hundred ninety one participants were female (68%) and 90 were male (32%). They range from age 13 to 92 (M= 32.33, SD= 13.58). This included 63 Caucasian participants (22.4%), 56 African American participants (19.9%), 8 Asian participants (2.8%)…