PSY 2105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Fetal Distress, Motor Skill, Fetus
27 Mar 2019
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Chapter 5 physical development: birth, motor skills and growth. Both dick-read and lamaze have argued for more "natural" approaches to childbirth. Advances in medical technology have reduced the risks of pregnancy and birth; however, 7. 8 pregnant women out of every 100000 still die in childbirth in canada, according to 2001 statistics. Neonatal behavioural assessment scale, which provides indicators of infant style and temperament as well as potential medical risks and developmental delays. T: here have been changes in the united states recently, most notably with the inclusion of the father in the delivery process, both dick-read and lamaze have argued for more "natural" approaches to childbirth. In particular, the amount of time the infant spends in active sleep, or sleep characterized by rapid eye movement (rem - a state of light sleep in which the eyes move rapidly while the eyelids are closed) decreases markedly.
