Developmental Psychologists Use the Term "Attachment

question 35

Multiple Choice

Developmental psychologists use the term "attachment".To what does this term refer?

• A)the child's need for a favourite toy or object,usually a stuffed animal or blanket.
• B)the reflexive grasping an infant exhibits when an object,such as a finger,is put in the infant's hand.
• C)the enduring emotional relationship that develops between child and caregiver.
• D)the tendency of all living creatures to follow the first moving object that is seen or heard.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Reinforcer

A stimulus that gains its reinforcing power through its association with a primary reinforcer; also known as a secondary reinforcer.

Toilet Training

The process of teaching a young child to control their bladder and bowel movements and to use the toilet for elimination.

Discriminative Stimulus

A stimulus in operant conditioning that indicates the probability of consequence for a behavior; it signals whether reinforcement or punishment is likely to follow a specific response.

Reinforced

Strengthened or emphasized, often in the context of behavior strengthened by a reward in psychology.