I. Reflexes - Born with reflexes and skills necessary to sustain life (sucking, swallowing, Moro/startle reflex, grasping, rooting, Babinsky, stepping, looking, and perceptual abilities like seeing, hearing and smelling) II. Growth Patterns * Cephalocaudel pattern - top to bottom * Proximodistal pattern - center out * Gross motor skills - large muscle activities (walking) * Fine motor skills - finely tuned movements (finger dexterity) * Average North American newborn is 20 inches long and weighs 7.5 pounds. Infants grow about 1 inch …
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…Contains three-fourths of all cells in the brain (3) Divided into four regions (a) Occipital lobes - contain the visual cortex (b) Parietal lobes - contain somatosensory cortex, that receives information about pressure, pain, touch and temperature from all over the body (c) temporal lobes - contain auditory cortex (d) Frontal lobes - contain the motor cortex; responsible for making plans, taking initiative and thinking creatively (4) Association areas make up large parts of the cerebral cortex