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Physical Development in Infancy

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show the sequence in which the earliest growth always occurs at the top with physical growth and differentiation of features gradually working their way down from top to bottom; also occurs in head area.  
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the proximodistal pattern   show
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show brain swelling, hemorrhaging; it affects hundred of babies in the U.S. each year.  
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forebrain   show
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cerebral cortex   show
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show involved in involuntary movement, thinking, personality, memory, emotion, sustained attention, and intentionality/purpose  
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occipital lobes   show
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show active role in hearing, language processing, and memory  
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show important roles in registering spatial location, attention, and motor control  
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show specialization of function in one hemisphere of the cerebral cortex or the other  
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neurons   show
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myelin sheath   show
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show tiny gaps between neurons' fibers; chemical interactions within these gaps connect axons and dendrites  
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myelination   show
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prefrontal cortex   show
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show a condition that occurs when infants stop breathing, usually during the night, and die suddenly without an apparent cause; highest cause of infant death in U.S.  
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show caused by a severe protein-calorie deficiency and results in a wasting away of body tissues in the infant's first year  
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show caused by severe protein deficiciency; appears between 1 and 3 years of age; appear well fed even though they are not because the child's abdomen and feet begin to swell with water; vital organs collect nutrients and hold them away from other body parts  
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show the unfolding of a genetic plan through which motor development comes about  
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show infants assemble motor skills for perceiving and acting; infants must see/perceive something in the environment that motivates them to act  
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reflexes   show
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rooting reflex   show
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sucking relfex   show
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show  
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the Babinski reflex   show
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show occurs when something touches the infant's palms  
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show skills that involve large-muscle activities such as moving one's arms and walking  
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fine motor skills   show
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show the initial instinct of an infant to grasp with whole hand  
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show the forefinger-to-thumb method of grasping that evolves at the end of the first year  
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show occurs when information reacts with sensory receptors (eyes, ears, tongue, nostrils, and skin)  
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show the interpretation of what is sensed  
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ecological view   show
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affordances   show
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size constancy   show
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show the recognition that an object remains the same shape even though its orientation to us changes  
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show integrating information from two or more sensory modalities, such as vision and hearing  
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