The normal newborn uses what behavior or ability to protect him- or herself from overstimulation and to free energy to meet physiologic demands?
a. deep sleeping c. constitution
b. crying d. habituation
D
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A Incorrect. The normal newborn does not use deep sleeping to protect himself from overstimulation.
B Incorrect. The normal newborn does not use crying to protect himself from overstimulation.
C Incorrect. The normal newborn does not use the constitution to protect himself from overstimulation.
D Correct. Habituation, the ability to decrease responses to disturbing stimuli, is a defensive state that the newborn may enter to protect him- or herself from over\-stimulation and to free energy to meet physiologic demands.
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