PSYC 2110 Chapter 5: PSYC 2110 Child Development – TW4
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Psyc 2110 child development lecture week 4. Chapter 5: physical development; birth, motor skills and growth. When babies are in-utero, baby might pick up some ambient noise but not understand sound of other people talk. Babies do pick up some of mom"s voice due to vibration of spinal cord. Physical and motor development - study the physical growth of newborn and how it acquires motor skills: labor and delivery. Perinatal period the events and environment surrounding the birth process. Typically takes about 38 weeks for mother to go into labor: chemicals released to signal uterus to start contracting 15-20 minutes and then shorter intervals. Fetal distress a condition of abnormal stress on the fetus, reflected during the birth process in an abnormal fetal heart rate. Caesarean section surgical delivery of the fetus directly from the uterus, performed when normal delivery is prohibited: pose greater risk for infection for mother.
