families
This term describes a family unit consisting of two parents and their children living in the same household
What is a nuclear family?
This parenting style is low in control and high in warmth, often leading to permissive and indulgent behaviors.
What is permissive parenting?
The number of weeks in a full term pregnancy
What is 40 weeks?
This reflex causes a newborn to grasp anything placed in their palm
What is the grasp reflex?
Most babies begin to sit up without support around this age
What is 6 months?
This type of family is formed when two people marry and at least one of them has children from a previous relationship
What is a blended family?
This balanced parenting style combines high expectations with support and open communication
What is authoritative parenting?
This is the first organ to form in a developing embryo
What is the heart?
This is the name of the soft spot on a newborn’s skull where the bones haven’t fully fused
What is the fontanelle?
This concept, developed around 8 months, is when a baby understands that objects still exist even when they can't be seen
What is object permanence?
This family provides temporary care for children who cannot live with their biological parents
What is a foster family?
This parenting style is characterized by low warmth and low control, often resulting in neglectful behavior
What is uninvolved (or neglectful) parenting?
This structure contains two arteries and one vein and serves as the lifeline between fetus and placenta
What is the umbilical cord?
Newborns typically need to be fed this often in the first few weeks
Every 2-3 hours?
This skill, involving coordination of large muscles, improves rapidly in toddlers as they learn to run, jump, and climb.
What is gross motor development?
This family structure includes two parents and their children, as well as other relatives like grandparents, aunts, or cousins living together
What is an extended family?
This technique involves rewarding positive behavior to encourage it to happen again.
What is positive reinforcement
The amount of time the neo natal period lasts
What is one month?
This reflex helps a newborn locate the breast or bottle by turning their head and opening their mouth
What is the rooting reflex?
How much weight does a toddler gain a month?
What is 1/2 a pound?
This is the highest level of Maslow’s hierarchy, where a person achieves their full potential
What is self-actualization?
This type of parenting demands that children obey
What is authoritarian?
This condition, which can often be prevented with folic acid, results from incomplete closure of the embryonic neural tube
What is spina bifida?
This is the typical number of days it takes for a newborn's umbilical cord stump to dry up and fall off.
What is 7 to 14 days?
Stacking blocks, turning pages in a book, and stringing large beads are all examples of this developing skill in toddlers.
What is hand dexterity (or fine motor coordination)?