_____ Believed That an Infant's Need to Grasp and Touch

question 108

Multiple Choice

_____ believed that an infant's need to grasp and touch different objects was the basis of learning.

• A)Eleanor Maccoby
• B)Jean Piaget
• C)John Watson
• D)Mary Ainsworth

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Definitions:

Inherited Traits

Characteristics passed from parents to offspring through genes.

Behavioral

Pertaining to actions or reactions that an individual displays in response to their environment or stimuli.

Functionalism

A theoretical perspective in sociology and psychology that focuses on the roles or functions that an institution, behavior, or mental state serves in society or an organism.

Adaptive Value

The extent to which a trait or behavior increases the survival and reproduction chances of an organism in its environment.