Your Three-Month-Old Infant Seems to Smile Whenever Anyone Catches Her

question 132

Multiple Choice

Your three-month-old infant seems to smile whenever anyone catches her attention. She is exhibiting a ____.

• A) social smile
• B) conditioned stimulus
• C) learned emotion
• D) motor expression

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Definitions:

Implementation Intentions

Strategies formed by individuals to associate specific situational cues with goal-directed behaviors, thereby enhancing the likelihood of achieving their goals.

Reciprocal Determinism

A social cognitive theory concept suggesting that a person's behavior, personal factors, and the environment continuously interact with and influence each other.

Stage Theories

Theoretical perspectives in psychology that describe human development and behavior as occurring in distinct stages, each building upon the last.

Continuum Theories

Models that describe phenomena as existing on a dynamic scale rather than being divided into discrete categories.