Watching a Parade for His First Time, 1-Year-Old Frederick Doesn't

question 104

Multiple Choice

Watching a parade for his first time, 1-year-old Frederick doesn't know how to respond when the band passes directly in front of him. To understand what is going on, Fredrick is likely to:

• A) begin to cry.
• B) look to his parents.
• C) cover his ears.
• D) none of the choices

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Definitions:

Cognitive Development

The method through which people interpret, contemplate, and comprehend their environment by the interplay and impact of inherited and acquired elements.

Tertiary Circular Reactions

Repetitive behaviors in infants aimed at exploring and mastering new abilities and understanding the outcome of actions.

Imitation Reflex

An innate tendency of infants to mimic gestures or facial expressions as a fundamental learning process.

Mirror Neurons

Neurons that fire both when an individual performs an action and when they observe the same action performed by another, thought to be the basis of empathy and learning through imitation.