Describe the development of one primary emotion during the first year of infancy

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary to include anger, fear, disgust, surprise, or happiness. In the first weeks after birth, babies show pleasure by smiling after feeding or being stroked. By two or three months, they show a social smile, a smile in response to social interaction; before this it could be "just gas." They show more intense emotions of happiness over the first year and their smiles change in response to different stimuli.

Psychology

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A movement with modern psychology that applies principles from Darwin's theories is called

a. humanistic psychology. b. evolutionary psychology. c. cognitive psychology. d. behavioral psychology. e. sociocultural psychology.

Psychology

Gender has been consistently linked with moral reasoning in that

A. females view unsportsmanlike agression as more justified B. females are more likely to participate in more frequent antisocial behaviors C. males score lower overall on sport moral reasoning D. females view agression as more justified, but males are more likely to act it out

Psychology

When a vertebrate animal contracts the flexor muscles of a leg, it relaxes the extensor muscles of the same leg. Sherrington considered this evidence for the existence of ____.

A. spatial summation B. temporal summation C. inhibitory messages D. the delay in transmission at synapses

Psychology

Nine-year-old Dennis enjoyed crossing his eyes for his friends. He was using the same eye muscles that are used in

a. accommodation. c. convergence. b. retinal disparity. d. motion parallax.

Psychology