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ESSENTIALS OF LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT 6e
Chapter 3
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Chapter Outline
Physical growth and development in infancy
Motor development
Sensory and perceptual development
Cognitive development
Language development
PHYSICAL PATTERNS (4)
Cephalocaudal — earliest growth always occurs at the top
Proximodistal — center of the body and moves toward the extremities
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THE BABY IS HERE (10-11)
Myelination
Encasing axons with fat cells
Connectivity grows
Pruning
Eliminating unused neural pathways and connections
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Helping the Brain (14-15)
Sleep important typical newborn sleeps 16 to 17 hours a day
preferred times and patterns of sleep also vary
REM
SIDS is the highest cause of infant death in the United States Factors In infants with abnormal brain stem functioning involving serotonin
In low birth weight infants with sleep apnea
With heart arrhythmia
In African American and Eskimo infants
In infants passively exposed to cigarette smoke
When infants and parents share the same bed
When infants dont use a pacifier when they go to sleep
When infants sleep in a bedroom without a fan Whose siblings have died of SIDS.
Of lower socioeconomic groups.
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) (19)
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