An Infant's Understanding About the Nature of Objects and How

question 17

Multiple Choice

An infant's understanding about the nature of objects and how they behave has been referred to as

• A) object projection.
• B) object expectation.
• C) object permanence.
• D) object concept.

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Definitions:

Traumatic Event

An event or series of events that cause severe psychological distress and can result in long-term psychological harm, including PTSD.

Socratic Dialogue

A form of argumentative dialogue stimulated by asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to draw out ideas and underlying presumptions.

Overgeneralized Beliefs

Cognitive distortions where an individual applies a broad conclusion from a single event to a wide range of unrelated situations.

Prospective Studies

Prospective studies are research designs that follow subjects forward in time to examine the relationship between specific exposures and outcomes.