The answer to this question is <span> social referencing </span><span> social referencing refers to the proccess when infants observes the behavior and occurences that happens within their environment. (through observing their parent's behavior or by interracting with the environment) . This process ins really important in developing infants' understanding of the world around them.</span>
Proactive behavior by an individual in psychology explains that the individual is trying to change behavior by various means i.e by setting future goals to do something to overcome from something, also referred to as self-initiated behaviors. In this example, Bill is trying to initiate a behavior( spending time with family) to deal with the stress he is facing.
