PSYB32H3 Lecture 3: Lecture 3
Document Summary
When babies are born, they come equipped with capacities that aid in adapting to their environment. Whereas, others disappear within the first year of life. Behavioral repertory, they are automatic, important for survival: root, sucking. Why do they disappear/appear: suggests byproducts of evolutionary process or it is still valuable. Helpful to parents/doctors to assess nervous system. Signals for signals or auditory problems, important to assess baby"s status. Tools to assess: presence or absence of these reflexes. Neonatal behavioural assessment scale: reflexes, adds asses other behaviours that the baby can do, 28 of these actions eg. vision attention to inanimate objects or holding a baby in a supine position, holding a cloth over eyes see if baby does any defensive behaviors. Used by parents to enhance parental assessment. Changes of infants arousal levels from very high to low these changes follow a pattern the pattern suggests its organized and predictable, tells us that we respond to changes that occur within us.
