After birth a crying infant may be soothed by being held in a ...

[piesebel]

After birth a crying infant may be soothed by being held in a position in which the new-born can hear the mother's heartbeat. This phenomenon is known as:
 
  a. Entrainment.
  b. Reciprocity.
  c. Synchrony.
  d. Biorhythmicity.

Question 2

In addition to eye contact, early sensual contacts between infant and mother involve sound and smell. Nurses should be aware that, despite what folk wisdom might say:
 
  a. High-pitched voices irritate newborns.
  b. Infants can learn to distinguish their mother's voice from others soon after birth.
  c. All babies in the hospital smell alike.
  d. A mother's breast milk has no distinctive odor.

[mathjasmine]

Answer to Question 1

D

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A Entrainment is the movement of newborns in time to the structure of adult speech.
B Reciprocity is body movement or behavior that gives cues to the person's desires. These take several weeks to develop with a new baby.
C Synchrony is the fit between the infant's behavioral cues and the parent's res-ponses.
D The newborn is in rhythm with the mother. The infant develops a personal bi-orhythm with the parents' help over time.

Answer to Question 2

B

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A Infants respond positively to high-pitched voices.
B Infants know the sound of their mother's voice early.
C Each infant has a unique odor.
D Incorrect: Infants quickly learn to distinguish the odor of their mother's breast milk.

[piesebel]

TYSM

[raenoj]

YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review