Five-Month-Old Tracey Is More Easily Soothed by Her Father; She

question 64

Multiple Choice

Five-month-old Tracey is more easily soothed by her father; she smiles and looks more at him than at others. Still, when Aunt Corrie comes for a visit, Tracey has no problem giving her a cuddle. Tracey is in the _____ phase.

• A) preattachment
• B) attachment-in-the-making
• C) clear-cut attachment
• D) working-model

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Definitions:

Perception

The process of recognizing, organizing, and interpreting sensory information in order to represent and understand the environment.

Sense Organs

Specialized structures in the body that provide organisms the ability to process and respond to external stimuli.

Sensations

The process of detecting physical stimuli from the environment and converting them into neural signals.

Neural Signals

The electrical and chemical signals transmitted by neurons to communicate with each other or with muscles.