Chap 3 & 4

Question 1

Anything in the environment that can produce a birth defect

Answer 1

Teratogen

Question 2

Susceptible throughout most of pregnancy

Answer 2

CNS

Question 3

What are some signs of Fetal Alcohol syndrome?

Answer 3

retardation, facial asymmetries, small head

Question 4

What is the primary preventable cause of mental retardation

Answer 4

drinking when pregnant

Question 5

Signs of smoking while pregnant

Answer 5

low birthweight, retarded growth, increase risk of SIDS

Question 6

Signs of mercury exposure

Answer 6

memory, sensory, emotional impairment

*source= fish, environment

Question 7

Lack of folic acid

Answer 7

Spina Bifida

Question 8

Lead poisoning causes

Answer 8

variety of neurobiological problems including lower IQ

Question 9

Zika virus causes

Answer 9

Microcephaly

Question 10

Stages of prenatal development

Answer 10

1. Germinal (fertilization to 2 weeks)
2. Embryonic stage (2-8 weeks)
3. Fetal stage (8 weeks to birth)

Question 11

Apgar scale

Answer 11

Appearance-pink
Pulse- >100
*Grimice- do
Activity- strong
Respiration- Crying is good

Question 12

Why are Maternal Death rates rising in US?

Answer 12

c sections
older moms
obesity

Question 13

Causes of preterm babies

Answer 13

multiple births
too little time between pregnancies
mother too young
health of mom
stress

Question 14

placenta wears out blood supply low and delivery riskier

Answer 14

Post mature

Question 15

diabetes only during pregnancy

Answer 15

Gestational diabetes

Question 16

“Real SIDS” is relaed to

Answer 16

prenatal smoking, drinking, drug use- neurological issues

Question 17

Likely due to hormone shifts, can also effect babies

Answer 17

Postpartum depression

Question 18

early learning capabilities

Answer 18

1. Classical conditioning
2. Operant conditioning
3. Habituation

Question 19

When you introduce something new to a baby you get an

Answer 19

orienting response- quiet, attentive, slowed heartrate

Question 20

head develops first, lower body develops later

Answer 20

Cephalocaudal

Question 21

more gross motor control than ability to control fingers

Answer 21

proximodistal

Question 22

Principles of growth and development

Answer 22

1. cephalocaudal
2. proximodistal

*early detection of autism

Question 23

pathways that get used are strenghtenes and the ones that we dont use deminish

Answer 23

synamtic pruning

Question 24

developing structure or behavior is modifiable due to experience- high in infancy

Answer 24

Plasticity

Question 25

fatty insulation, speeds transmission of neural impulses

Answer 25

Myelin sheath

Question 26

Advantages of breast milk

Answer 26

More iron, vitamin C, D, antibodies

For mom: lower rates of premenopausal breast cancer, ovarian cancer

Question 27

Used in lining of formula cans polycarbonate baby bottles linked to reproductive and other problembs

Answer 27

BPA

Question 28

related to disturbance in mother-child interaction (possibly related to fussy eating, but also lack of interaction)

Answer 28

Nonorganic failure to thrive

Question 29

organ formation that takes place during the first two months of prenatal development

Answer 29

organogenesis