[CLD 204] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 66 pages long Study Guide!

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Early Childhood Studies
• Course: CLD 204
• Professor: Rachel Caplan

Document Summary

Key concept: the rate of growth from conception through infancy is unsurpassed throughout the rest of life. Infant growth: neonatal period: birth 4 weeks, body proportions, body weight: males 4% > females. Key concept: study of infant reflexes and stereotypical patterns of behaviour yields useful information for better understanding the process of motor development. Information encoding stage: 4th fetal month to 4th perinatal neonatal month. Information decoding stage: 4 months to 1 year. Information processing stage: parallels piaget"s pri(cid:373)ary a(cid:374)d seco(cid:374)dary circular reactio(cid:374)s stage, reflexive and self-initiated movement in infancy, neuromaturational view: phylogenetic perspective, dynamic systems view: self-organizing perspective. Diagnosing cns disorders: preservation of reflexes, complete absence of a reflex, unequal bilateral reflex responses. February 6, 2017: too strong or weak of a reflex. Types of reflexes: primitive reflexes, purpose: obtain nourishment; self-protection, appearance: fetal and neonatal period, postural reflexes, purpose: aid upright positioning, resemble later voluntary movements, appearance: neonatal period through early infancy.