DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
NEWBORN DEVELOPMENT
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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reading a story
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responding appropriately to the baby when it cries
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ignoring baby when it cries
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watching TV
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Detailed explanation-1: -Play is important for all areas of baby development, including emotional development. Through play, babies learn about their emotions and how to express them. Play ideas to develop baby emotions include puppet play, singing and messy play.
Detailed explanation-2: -Infants cry for many reasons; it is their main form of communication. They want to alert the parent that something is not right and that it needs to be fixed. They search for attention and care. However, crying can also trigger negative emotional reactions in parents, such as feelings of dread, frustration, or worry.
Detailed explanation-3: -During baby-cry, dopamine may be the first to rise to assist with arousal, motivation and decision-making circuits, including striatum and amygdala. Oxytocin also rises relatively quickly with hypothalamus brain activity to support milk let-down and promote parenting behaviours.