PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Eye Movement, Habituation, New Born
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Rooting, sucking, eye blink, withdrawal: defensive to protect themselves from danger, less obvious value (e. g. Toe grasp, stepping) shows what"s to come (gives babies practice for future skills: example: stepping prepares them to walk but disappears later on. By-product of evolutionary process useful but not necessary anymore. Reflexes" value: reflexes are important in assessing baby"s central nervous system, serve as identifiers of developmental problems and other abnormal functions, depends on presence or absence of these reflexes. Neonatal behavioural assessment scale (nbas: measures 20 different reflexes (e. g. Infant (arousal) state: recurring patterns of arousal, from high (awake and alert) to low (asleep and quiet, points to organization and predictability, refers to changes within us (internal, required in understanding behaviour. Incorporated or controlled for in various research studies: compare babies in different states with different stimuli, to understand behaviour, more common to try to control for specific states.
