A young child who encounters a puzzling or ambiguous event sometimes seeks help from the expressions of another individual. This example of the child's active involvement in emotional development is called

a. mediation. c. interactive synchrony.
b. social referencing. d. conditioned emotional response.

B

Psychology

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Which of the following is true of the study conducted by Kelemen with Mexican American mothers and their children regarding theory-theory?

Older children ask more questions in general than do younger children. Mothers with more years of education recorded fewer questions as they were asked by their children. Mothers and children of lower SES asked the most questions overall. Younger children ask for more clarification of instructions than do older children.

Psychology

Last year, Yelena had a teacher that she really loved. Her memories of that class are fond. With the start of a new school year, Yelena has noticed that she is having trouble remembering her new teacher’s name. Why is this happening?

a. Yelena is experiencing motivated forgetting. b. Yelena is experiencing chunking. c. Yelena is experiencing proactive interference. d. Yelena is experiencing retroactive interference.

Psychology