Chapter 3: The Prenatal Period, Birth, and the Newborn

1. In your own words, explain the three stages of childbirth.

2. “More than 90% of pregnant women take prescription or over-the-counter medications.” What are your thoughts on substance use during pregnancy. Use information from the book to support your ideas.

3. Describe the benefits and risks of home births and hospital births. If you, or someone close to you were pregnant, which option would you choose and why?

Chapter 4: Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

1. a) In your own words, compare infants’ early learning capacities for habituation, classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and imitation. Provide one example of how infants might learn through each.

2. Describe three medical challenges that infants and toddlers can face due to nutrition. How might culture (i.e. values, beliefs, practices) and context (i.e. SES, environment, resources) impact nutritional health?

3.  Explain experience-expectant  and experience-dependent brain development. Provide one example of each.