EXP 3104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Swaddling, Low Birth Weight, Leg Before Wicket

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Experimental Psychology
• Course: EXP 3104
• Professor: D E P3053

Document Summary

Birth and newborns: assessment at birth, apgrar scale. Do it twice 1&5 minutes after birth: brazelton neonatal assessment scale. Used for infants thought to be at risk. Not necessarily after birth maybe days, week, or months after. Can lead to brain damage or later cognitive, language problems: cecebral palsy. Causes included: squeezing by umbilical cords, placenta, failing to breath after birth. Birth weight at 10th percentile or less for age 5. 5 lbs. for full-term: pretem-lbw because of prematurity, sga (small for gestational age) (small for date) Lung immaturity: risk for abuse, developmental delay. Sga (small for date: higher death rate, brain damage, poorer later academic performance. 241 children born 22-25 weeks (normal 37-42 weeks) 6 years- 46% had severe or moderate disabilities. E(cid:395)ual to full te(cid:396)(cid:373) (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)ol g(cid:396)oup at 3 yea(cid:396)s" old: overall long-term prospect affected by. Peaks at 3 months ( 2 hours per day)