What is providing activities that arouse a baby’s senses to promote growth and learning?
what is stimulation
These biological chemicals influence mood, behavior, and body processes.
what are hormones
This type of family consists of two parents and their children.
what is a nuclear family
This organ connects the mother’s blood supply to the baby and supplies oxygen and nutrients.
what is the placenta
a unit of heredity passed from parents to offspring that determines specific traits.
what is gene
This term refers to the qualities and traits a child inherits from their parents.
what is hereditary
Name the type of adoption in which the birth parents and adoptive parents do not know each other.
what is confidential adoption or closed adoption
these kinds of parents are nurturing but set firm limits.
what is authoritative parenting / parents
List the three stages of prenatal development.
what is geminal stage, embryonic stage, and fetal stage
female reproductive organs that store and release eggs.
what are the ovaries
What is a way of acting or responding that is common at each stage of childhood?
what is typical behavior
What is the theory that describes the different stages of parenting, from image-making to departure?
What is Galinsky’s stages of parenthood
reinforcement strengthens behavior by removing an unpleasant stimulus, like ending a chore as a reward.
the unexplained death of an infant during sleep.
what is SIDS or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
when a sperm cell fertilizes an egg cell, beginning the process of pregnancy.
what is conception
based on fact.
what is objective observation
involves making decisions about the family’s resources to meet their needs.
what is resource management
Open communication, commitment, and shared responsibilities are all characteristics of
what is strong families
Define stillbirth.
what is Stillbirth is the death of a fetus after the 20th week of pregnancy but before birth.
occurs when a fertilized egg implants outside the uterus, usually in a fallopian tube.
what is an ectopic pregnancy
skills or behaviors that people accomplish at different stages of life.
what are developmental task
can prevent STI's and pregnancy
what is abstinence
the sequence of changes families experience, from marriage to retirement.
influences like nutrition and exposure to toxins
what is environmental factors
responsible for disorders such as Downs Syndrome
what is errors in chromosomes.