Those who believe emotions are inherited or inborn say that the infant begins with the emotion of:

Related Mcqs:

1. One of the Darwin’s key ideas is that, because of natural selection, animals have an inborn tendency to behave in ways that ____________?

   A. require the lowest energy expenditure
   B. they individually select from various natural alternative
   C. they learn from their parents
   D. help them to survive and reproduce

2. Noam Chomsky posited that humans have a unique, inborn ability to understand the structure of language and to apply this to language learning. Chomsky called this the _______________?

   A. innate capability index
   B. innate surface structure ability
   C. prosody index
   D. language acquisition device

3. Studies of monkeys raised with artificial mothers suggest that mother-infant emotional bonds result primarily from mother providing infants with:

   A. the opportunity to explore
   B. body contact
   C. appropriate schemas
   D. adequate nourishment

4. If an infant is startled by a loud sound, it makes movement similar to an embrace. This is called a______reflex.

   A. grasping
   B. rooting
   C. Babinski
   D. Moro

5. The quality of infant-caregiver attachment depends:

   A. on the quality of bonding in the first few hours of life
   B. exclusively on the infant’s temperament
   C. on this interaction between the infant’s temperament and the caregiver’s responsiveness
   D. on how stranger anxiety is handled

6. When something touches the newborn’s cheek the infant will turn toward it. This is known as the_______reflex.

   A. Babinski
   B. Startle
   C. Rooting
   D. Moro

7. When placed in strange situations without their artificial mothers, Harlow’s infant monkeys demonstrated signs of:

   A. insecure attachment
   B. object permanence
   C. curiosity
   D. basic trust

8. The three basic emotions which appear to be unlearned but take time to develop are:

   A. affection, anger, fear
   B. excitement, jealousy, anger
   C. delight, jealousy, fear
   D. anger, fear, joy

9. In the Harlow’s research surrogate mothers were used for studying the attachment behaviour of infant monkeys the surrogate mothers were:

   A. Adult female monkeys not related to the infants
   B. Older sisters of the infant monkeys
   C. Human adults who acted as mothers
   D. Wire and cloth objects placed in the monkey cages

10. In the Harlow’s research surrogate mothers were used for studying the attachment behaviour of infant monkeys. The surrogate mothers were:

    A. Adult female monkeys not related to the infants
    B. Older sister of the infant monkeys
    C. Human adults who acted as mothers
    D. Wire and cloth objects placed in the monkey cages