PSYC 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Speech Perception, Phoneme, Voice-Onset Time
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Non-invasive assessment of newborn just looking at what the baby is able to do. Sometimes get then to demonstrate the survival instinct and watch how the baby calms down. Infants ability to console themselves come to the top of the head when they reach up. Also talks about states swaddling calms the babies down. This is calming because it imitates the prenatal experience. The next thing he did was pick the baby up and baby turns to cuddle position. Put the baby over his shoulder and the baby goes into the neck. He then walked around bouncing and this also stimulates the prenatal experience. Be aware of basic body shape and proportions of a newborn arms only. Console by talking to them and then put his hand on the baby"s chest and then but baby"s hands under and restrict the baby"s movement.
