In the Second Year of Life, Infants Tend to "Check

question 71

Multiple Choice

In the second year of life, infants tend to "check" with their mother before they act; they look at her to see if she is happy, angry, or fearful. This is an example of:

• A) infinite generativity.
• B) social referencing.
• C) deferred imitation.
• D) reciprocal socialization.

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Definitions:

Social Control

Mechanisms, strategies, and processes that regulate individual and group behavior, aiming to maintain conformity and compliance within a society.

Capitalism

An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, investments determined by private decision, and prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market.

Growth of the State

The process of increase in the size and scope of government activities, often referring to the expansion of its regulatory, taxing, and coercive capacities.

Industrial Societies

Are societies that use machines and fuel to greatly increase the supply and dependability of food and finished goods. The first such society emerged in Great Britain in the last decades of the eighteenth century.