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1 In what ways might newborns’ perceptual capacities and states of arousal help them to adapt to life immediately after birth? Why is mature hearing, relative to vision, useful for infants? Do you think there is a benefit to shifting through several states of arousal?

2 Parental responses to having a low-birthweight infant influence the child’s long-term health outcome. How might contextual factors influence parents’ responses? What supports from the family, community, and broader society can aid parents in helping their low-birthweight infants adapt and develop healthily?