PSYC 2500H Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Breech Birth, Infant, Certified Nurse Midwife
8 Feb 2018
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A hospital birthing room or other independent facility that provides a home life atmosphere for a childbirth but still makes medical technology available. A selfless concern for the welfare of others that is expressed through prosocial acts such as sharing, cooperating, and helping. A quick assessment of the newborns heartrate, respiration, colour, muscle tone, and reflexes that is used to gauge perinatal stress and to determine whether a neonate requires immediate medical assistance. Theory proposing that rem sleep in infancy is a form of self-stimulation that helps the central nervous system develop. A delivery in which the fetus emerges feet or buttocks first instead of head. Surgical delivery of a baby through an incision made in the mother"s abdomen and uterus. A theory that views motor skills as active reorganizations of previously mastered capabilities that are undertaken to find more effective ways of exploring the environment or satisfying other objects.
