Describe synchrony and examine its role in infant development. Give three outcomes that may occur if little or no synchrony is established between the infant and their caregiver.

Newborn Kendra received an Apgar score of 4. This score indicates that Kendra is:

Nine-month-old Dee’s weight is at the 40th percentile. Define a percentile and explain what Dee’s number means. Is Dee a healthy baby based on this percentile? Why or why not?

One effect of a lower infant mortality rate is:

Most _____-month-old human babies can interpret pointing.

Rates of no vaccination at all are _____ among those with no health insurance.

When 1-week-old Jennifer feels too warm, they reflexively cry. According to Piaget, Jennifer is in stage _____ of the sensorimotor period.

_____ occurs when a person does not consume enough food to sustain normal growth.

Identify two ways in which memories are particularly evident in young babies. According to Carolyn Rovee-Collier, under what circumstances can 3-month-olds remember a behavior after two weeks?

According to recent studies, how many U.S. women drink during pregnancy? What group of women are most likely to consume alcohol during pregnancy? Assume that a woman gives birth to a child with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Describe the characteristics of a child with this disorder.