Mrs. Patel is reading to 13-month-old Puja. Puja sees a cat run across the front lawn and points to the cat. Her mother stops reading and carries Puja to the window, saying, "Look at the kitty." Mrs. Patel is demonstrating

A) overstimulating parenting.
B) sensitive responsiveness.
C) goal-corrected partnership.
D) indifferent parenting.

B) sensitive responsiveness. A quality of infant care in which caregivers respond quickly and warmly to the baby's signals and adjust their responses to allow the infant to direct some of the interactions.

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