An Infant Who Is Using Social Referencing Would Learn

question 161

Multiple Choice

An infant who is using social referencing would learn

• A) not to crawl down a steep incline by seeing another infant fall.
• B) to crawl around an obstacle by seeing an adult crawl around the obstacle.
• C) to avoid crawling off the side of a bed by seeing an adult's fearful facial expression.
• D) to crawl more quickly because her parents provide a lot of encouragement.

---

Definitions:

Smell

A sense that detects odors or scents, which is mediated by specialized sensory cells in the nasal cavity.

Touch

One of the five senses, involving the perception of physical pressure, temperature, and pain through skin contact.

Taste

One of the five senses; it is the sensation produced when a substance in the mouth reacts chemically with taste receptor cells located on taste buds.

Pain

An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.