Describe how social referencing could be used to help explain how a child might acquire a fear through modeling
What will be an ideal response?
Social referencing occurs when a child looks at the face of an adult (often a parent) when in a new or ambiguous situation. If mom or dads show a reaction of fear in this situation, a child might mimic (model) this response and begin to show a fear response to this situation.
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a. anthropomorphism b. animism c. primitivism d. mysticism
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a. dependent variable; independent variable b. independent variable; dependent variable c. control group; experimental group d. experimental group; control group
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