When infants watch other people for emotional cues in uncertain situations, they are engaging in ______

Fill in the blank with correct word


social referencing

Psychology

You might also like to view...

Each autumn, the male canary must relearn the "breeding" song. This process of relearning the song results in:

A. the formation of new neurons in the canary's brain B. a decrease in the size of the canary's brain C. the loss of other brain functions D. the canary being able to learn the "breeding" songs of other birds

Psychology

Chapter 7 discussed one study about auditory imagery for pitch and one study about auditory imagery for timbre. According to these two studies,

a. imagery for pitch is not related to the pitch of the stimuli, and imagery for timbre is not related to the timbre of the stimuli. b. imagery for pitch is related to the pitch of the stimuli, but imagery for timbre is not related to the timbre of the stimuli c. imagery for pitch is not related to the pitch of the stimuli, but imagery for timbre is related to the timbre of the stimuli. d. imagery for pitch is related to the pitch of the stimuli, and imagery for timbre is related to the timbre of the stimuli.

Psychology

The fight-or-flight syndrome was named by:

A) David Glass. B) Walter Cannon. C) Meyer Friedman. D) Hans Selye.

Psychology

Cattell argues that the bivariate method, which relies on the manipulation of an independent variable and the assessment of its impact on a dependent measure:

a. studies the "whole organism" b. is the best way of studying behavior c. arbitrarily considers "bits" of human behavior and ignores the total organism d. leads to complex interpretations of the way events operate in reality

Psychology