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PSY 335-Ch 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Neonate | term used for newborns |
| Episiotomy | incision sometimes made to increase the size of the opening of the vagina to allow the baby to pass |
| Apgar scale | standard measurement system that looks for a variety of indication of good health in newborns |
| Anoxia | restriction of oxygen to the baby, lasting a few minutes during the birth process, which can produces brain damage |
| Bonding | close physical and emotional contact between parent and child during the period immediately following birth, argued by some to affect later relationship strength |
| Preterm infants | infants born prior to 38 weeks after conception |
| Low-birthweight infants | infants who weigh less than 2,500 grams at birth (5.5lbs) |
| Small-for-gestational-age infants | infants who, because of delayed fetal growth, weigh 90% (or less) of the average weight of infants of the same gestational age |
| Very-low-birthweight infants | less than 1,250 grams (2.25lbs) or have been in womb fewer than 30 weeks |
| Post-mature infants | infants still unborn 2 weeks after mother's due date |
| Fetal monitor | device measuring the baby's heartbeat during labor |
| Reflexes | unlearned, organized involuntary responses that occur automatically in the presence of certain stimuli |
| Habituation | the decrease in the response to a stimulus that occurs after repeated presentations of the same stimulus |
| State of arousal | different degrees of sleep and wakefulness through which newborns cycle |
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