Facial Expressions Communicate Our Intentions to Others

question 11

Multiple Choice

Facial expressions communicate our intentions to others. Developmental studies have found support for all the following statements, EXCEPT:

• A) babies respond in the same ways to faces showing authentic emotions or false emotions.
• B) infants' facial expressions prompt appropriate parental responses.
• C) as they near their first birthday, babies use parental emotions as cues to alter behaviours.
• D) infants react to the facial expressions of their parents by mirroring the same emotion.

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Definitions:

Sponges

Simple aquatic animals with a porous body that water flows through, belonging to the phylum Porifera.

Nerve Fibers

Long, thin extensions from neurons that transmit nerve impulses to other cells.

Muscle Fibers

The cells of muscles that contract to produce movement. Muscle fibers are long, cylindrical cells that make up skeletal muscle.

Amoeboid Cells

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