PSYA02H3 Lecture : Lecture Notes with Powerpoint References
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In the zygotic phase, cells develop in the nervous system. There are trillions of neural connections between neurons in a baby"s brain. The neurons form at a pace of 500 neurons a minute during the fourth week of pregnancy. Once neurons are formed, they stay there for the entire lifetime of a person. As the baby is born, an assessment is made to see how healthy the baby is called the. Apgar stands for appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, respiration. It is taken after 1 minute and after 5 minutes. It uses a two point score system, 2 points max for each category, max score of 10 for the. Infants have a very limited repertoire of behaviours. Some of the survival reflexes include breathing, swallowing, and sucking.
