Infants Are Born with a Large Collection of Reflexes Which

question 4

Multiple Choice

Infants are born with a large collection of reflexes which

• A) cannot be elicited by stimulation until about one week after birth.
• B) are physical responses triggered involuntarily by a specific stimulus.
• C) all disappear at about two years of age upon maturation of the nervous system.
• D) are behaviors under the voluntary control of the infant.
• E) are determined by parental behavior.

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