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CH. 23 Conception
Conception Through Young Adulthood
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adolescence | the period of time between childhood and adulthood; a time of rapid physical change, reproductive maturity, and emotional development |
| Attachment | active, affectionate, reciprocal relationship between two persons |
| Bonding | process of initial emotional fusing of the mother and infant that occurs most often in the first few hours after birth and is necessary for later attachment |
| Child Maltreatment | an act or series of acts of commission (abuse) or omission (neglect) by a parent or other caregiver that results in harm, potential for harm, or threat of harm to a child |
| Colic | acute abdominal pain caused by spasmodic contractions of the intestine during the first 3 months of life |
| Faulire to thrive (FTT) | physical and developmental retardation of infants or children resulting from physical or emotional neglect |
| Negativism | negative verbalizations and behaviors |
| Neonate | period from birth to 28 days of age |
| Preschooler | period from ages 3 to 6 years |
| Puberty | period during which primary and secondary sexual characteristics develop and the capability of sexual reproduction is attained |
| Regression | behavior that is more characteristic of an earlier age |
| School-aged child | period from ages 6 to 12 years |
| Seperation Anxiety | condition that occurs when a child is afraid of being sent away from caregivers who are loved and who provide security |
| Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI's) | disease that spreads from one person to another through intimate sexual contact |
| Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) | sudden death of an infant under the age of 1 year when consideration of the infant’s history, a postmortem examination, and investigation of the scene of the death fail to reveal a cause of death |
| Sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) | a broad term for sudden infant deaths in which the manner and cause of death cannot readily be identified prior to an investigation |
| Temperament | person’s style of approaching people, situations, or events |
| Toddler | period from ages 1 to 3 years |
| Young Adult | adult between the ages of 20 and 40 years |
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