An infant who fusses and kicks when a parent enters the room to signal that she is hungry is demonstrating an understanding that parents are ____, self-directed beings who can respond to requests.

A. sympathetic caregivers
B. compliant agents
C. responsible providers
D. loving nurturers


Answer: B. compliant agents

Psychology

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a. Counterimitation b. Punishment c. Infant-directed language d. Direct instruction

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a. Allan Hobson b. William Shakespeare c. Sigmund Freud d. Rosalind Cartwright

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Belinda has been depressed lately and is having suicidal thoughts. We might correctly assume that her brain has low levels of

A. endorphins. B. serotonin. C. glutamate. D. adrenaline.

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a) intimacy. b) identity. c) generativity. d) integrity.

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