DEP 5057 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sensory System, Dendrite, Motor Skill
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Autonomic: the newborn"s ability to control body functions such as breathing and temperature regulation. Motor: the newborn"s ability to control body movements. State: the newborn"s ability to maintain a state (alert or and activity level asleep) Basic cry: cry that starts softly and gradually becomes more intense; often heard when babies are hungry or tired. Mad cry: more intense version of a basic cry. Irregular or rapid-eye-movement (rem) sleep: irregular sleep in which an infant"s eyes dart rapidly beneath the eyelids while the body is quite active. Regular (nonrem) sleep: sleep in which heart rate, breathing, and brain activity are steady: sudden infant death syndrome (sids): when a healthy baby dies suddenly for no apparently reason. In a typical 2-month-old, roughly 40% of the body"s energy is devoted to growth: breast-feeding is the best way to ensure that babies get the nourishment they need, there are many advantages to breastfeeding (pg.
