HBSE Chapter 11

What impact does skin to skin contact have on preterm infant’s outcomes?

• This contact allows for synaptogenesis to occur.

• Preterm infants who have this contact gain weight faster.

• Habituation occurs faster for preterm infants with this contact.

• Stranger anxiety is alleviated by this contact.

Priyanka rolls her ball behind the couch. She crawls after it even though she can no longer see it. Which concept does this scenario demonstrate?

• habituation

• sensory mechanisms

• object permanence

• reflexive activity

Paul makes sure to attend to his infant son. He always answers when he cries. He feeds him, soothes him, and changes his diaper making sure that all his needs are met. Erikson would say that Paul's son will end up on which side of the first psychosocial crisis?

• mistrust

• viability

• anxiety

• trust

Kayla is always looking around to see where her mother is when she is playing. If her mother leaves the room, Kayla usually cries until she comes back. Her mother is able to sooth her to help her begin to play again. Which does this scenario demonstrate?

• attachment

• temperament

• cognition

• regulation

Anywhere from 8% to 19% of women may experience ______ after giving birth.

• Braxton Hicks

• separation anxiety

• clinical depression

• infertility

If parents are having a difficult time meeting their infant's needs, which should a social worker do?

• provide interventions

• increase engagement

• keep assessing

• stop evaluating

What impact has including fathers in the birth of their children had on outcomes?

• Temperament of neonates has been affected by having fathers involved in the birth.

• The inclusion of fathers in the delivery room has increased maternal depression.

• Fathers involved in the birthing process have experienced levels of increased attachment.

• Separation anxiety in the neonate has decreased with the inclusion of fathers during delivery.

What impact do experiences have on neuroplasticity?

• Neural pathways are strengthened and removed with their reaction to experiences.

• Experiences allow the social brain to create neuroplasticity in the infant years.

• Stressful experiences develop mistrust issues that are hardwired into the brain.

• Neuroplasticity halts after a certain number of experiences have shaped it.

When an infant reacts with fear and withdrawal to unfamiliar persons, at about 9 months of age, it is known as ________.

• separation anxiety

• perinatal depression

• stranger anxiety

• habituation

Television allows infants to learn more information than they would otherwise learn in interactions.

• True

• False