When an object touches baby Geraldine's palm, she closes her fist tightly around it. If the object is lifted up, Geraldine hangs on and is lifted up with it. Geraldine is demonstrating the ______ reflex
a) rooting
b) Moro startle
c) grasping
d) sucking
ANS: C, The grasping reflex results in a tight grip on an object.
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a. clinical assessment c. analysis of functioning b. clinical overview d. applied behavioral analysis
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a) processes information in much the same way as a computer. b) is controlled by unconscious levels of processing similar to animal instincts. c) is so vast and complicated that it cannot be studied scientifically. d) processes information in a stream of consciousness triggered by the constantly changing environment.
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