Newborn Behavior Characteristics Flashcards
What are the 6 sleep-wake states of an Infant?
2 Sleep states: Deep sleep Light Sleep 4 Wake states: Drowsy Quiet Alert Active Alert Crying
What is the optimal state of arousal?
Quiet Alert state
What do infants do during the quiet alert state?
Smile Vocalize Move in synchrony with speech Watch their parent's faces Respond to people talking to them
What is the ability to make smooth transition between states called?
State modulation
The ability to regulate sleep-wake states is essential for the infant’s _______ development?
Neurobehavioral
The newborn sleep on average approximately ____ hours a day, with periods of _______ gradually increasing.
17
Wakefulness
By the _______ week of life some infants stay awake from one ______ to the next.
4th
Feeding
What is CNS immaturity reflected in?
Reflex development
Sleep-wake states
Ability (or lack thereof) to regulate or modulate a smooth transition between different states.
The process of accommodation is not present but improves over the first _____ months of life.
3 months
Term newborns can see objects as far away as ______.
2.5 ft
By ______ months of age they can detect _____; but at ______ days of age and younger they seem more attracted by ____ - and - _______ patterns.
2 months of age
Color
5 days of age
Black and white patterns
By ____ months their vision is acute as that of an adult.
6 months
Infants prefer more ______ patterns to simple ones.
Complex
As soon as the _______ drains from the ears, the infant’s hearing is similar to that of an adult.
Amniotic fluid
What sound is preferred by infants.
Human voice
Heart rhythms put infant to sleep
