Nicholas Is an Infant Researcher and Wants to Use the Strange-Situation

question 93

Multiple Choice

Nicholas is an infant researcher and wants to use the strange-situation test in his work.Nicholas is most likely interested in seeing

• A) how infants respond to separation and reunion with their caregivers.
• B) an infant's tendency to seek or avoid novelty.
• C) a mother's response to a fearful infant.
• D) the level of social interaction that an infant is comfortable with.

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Definitions:

RNA Hypothesis

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Aleksandr Oparin

A Soviet biochemist known for his contributions to the theory that life on Earth developed through a process of chemical evolution.

Reducing Atmosphere

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Primitive Gases

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