Josh's mom is carrying him from the grocery store to their car when a strange looking homeless man approaches her. Josh looks at his mother's worried face and begins crying. This is an example of
A) sensitive responsiveness.
B) goodness of fit.
C) social referencing.
D) Josh's temperament.
C) social referencing. Social referencing is the tendency of infants and children to look for emotional cues from parents and other caregivers to get information in uncertain situations.
6.1-102 When it comes to processing emotional expressions in people's faces, the brains of _____ respond in ways that are similar to the brains of adults.
A) 7-month-olds
B) 1-year-olds
C) 18-month-olds
D) 2-year-olds
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a. true b. false
When creating a group of experts, all of who bring different expertise to the table, it may particularly important to make sure that dissent within the group is welcome. This is because groups tend to ____
A) share only unshared information B) share only shared information C) base decisions on unshared information D) discuss only their differences rather than their commonalities E) engage in brainstorming