The Emotional Bond That Forms Between an Infant and a Primary

question 119

Multiple Choice

The emotional bond that forms between an infant and a primary caregiver is called

• A)temperament.
• B)trust.
• C)attachment.
• D)habituation.

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Definitions:

Primacy of Affect

The theory that emotional responses can occur before detailed processing and cognitive appraisal of a stimulus, suggesting emotions have priority in perception.

Cognition

The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

False Heartbeat Feedback

An experimental technique where participants are given inaccurate feedback about their heartbeat, used to study interoception and psychological responses.

Contraprepared Learning

A concept suggesting that certain behaviors or responses are biologically more difficult to learn or condition in certain species.