Parenting
A response that encourages a particular behavior to continue.
What is positive reinforcement?
The cell formed by the union of sperm and egg.
What is zygote?
A doctor who specializes in prenatal health, labor, and delivery.
What is obstetrician?
The time in a baby's life when they cry more than any other time - usually lasts from 3 weeks to 2-4 months.
What is the Period of Purple Crying?
Children play near, but not with other children.
What is parallel play?
A parenting style in which discipline is strict and immediate.
What is authoritarian?
An organ that facilitates the exchange of oxygen, nutrients, and waste products between mother and baby's bloodstreams, making sure the two do not mix.
What is the placenta?
An assessment of a baby's health at 1 minute and 5 minutes after birth.
What is the APGAR test?
In the first year an infant typically increases its birth weight by this increment.
What is triples?
The process of learning to recognize and express emotions and develop a unique personal identity.
What is emotional development?
A response aimed at strengthening a behavior by removing an unpleasant stimulus.
What is negative reinforcement?
The loss of a fetus prior to 20 weeks of pregnancy.
The opening of the cervix to 10cm to allow the baby to move into the birth canal.
What is dilation?
The concept that objects continue to exist, even when out of sight.
What is object permanence?
The term that describes the acquisition of skills.
What is development?
When Sara forgot her phone at home, she couldn't play Farmville during lunch. Sara is experiencing...
What is a natural consequence?
Sperm and egg are combined outside the uterus in this fertility procedure.
In this phase of the first stage of labor, contractions dilate the cervix, but it is less than 4cm dilated, and going to the hospital is not yet necessary.
What is early labor?
A child from birth to age 1.
What is an infant?
This activity can and should be done with children daily to promote every area of development - Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, and Social.
What is reading?
A parenting style in which parents often set rules and threaten punishment, but don't often follow through.
What is permissive?
Pregnant women must get enough of this vitamin to prevent neural tube defects.
What is folate? Or folic acid?
Strong feelings of anxiety, worry, and despair after giving birth to a baby.
In response to new experiences in the first year, the brain grows by this increment.
What is doubles?
Skills that involve large muscle groups like arms and legs.
What are gross motor skills?