Which of the following is not a key assumption of the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale?
A. Newborns have nine months of experience to draw on
B. Infants are capable of controlling their behavior to respond to their environment.
C. Infants communicate through their behavior.
D. Infants are primarily reflexive beings who must learn to adapt to their caregiving environment.
Question 2It is difficult to determine which premature infants will need early intervention. The best predictor during the first year is _________ while the best predictor after the first year is _________.
A. gestational age; birth weight
B. mothers age; growth percentile
C. medical risk; environmental risk
D. birth weight; overall health
Question 3An infant who has problems with apnea and bradycardia has problems with periodic
A. enterocolitis and gastroesophageal reflux.
B. pauses in respiration and a slowed heart rate.
C. sucking and regurgitation.
D. hypothermia and vomiting.
Question 4Which of the following is not true about preterm births and low birth weight babies?
A. They occur in 11 percent of all pregnancies.
B. They account for the majority of neonatal deaths.
C. They account for almost half of all children with neurodevelopmental disabilities.
D. They occur at much higher rate in African American newborns but their infant mortality is about the same as the national average.
Question 5Which of the following is not true about preterm birth?
A. occurs before 37 complete weeks of gestation
B. is more frequent with multiple gestations
C. accounts for 50 percent of complications around the time of birth
D. is a major source of long-term complications
Question 6If a fetal heart rate falls below 100 beats per minute for a length of time, depending on considerations of safety and expediency, the fetus is not delivered by
A. cesarean.
B. forceps.
C. vacuum extraction.
D. vaginal childbirth.
Question 7Why do Freud and Eriksons ideas encourage child care providers to include families in decisions concerning a childs behavior?
What will be an ideal response?
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