Question

Developmental psychologists have observed that babies seem to be born predisposed to respond to people in certain ways, such as crying or smiling, in order to elicit attention from a caregiver. Psychologists call these inherent tendencies a. cultural biases. b. maturational patterns. c. nature and nurture tensions. d. inborn biases.

Answer 1

Answer:

D

Explanation:

.

Generally in a developing child,  there are certain  internal   and external factors  which contribute to the manifestation  of attention basis for social stimuli .When  these factors  interact, in a developing child,  their combined effect leads to  developments of   attention biases, which    aids their responsiveness and awareness to the immediate environments , and  therefore   ability to process faces and  respond to   certain group of stimuli  exposed to compare to others.

it is the  interactions and combined effects of these factors ( internal ;arousal, neural developments, and  external; early social experiences ) that aids elicitation of attention from care givers  by infants.

Two theories has been proposed for  these infants attributes

1.Conspec -   explain  the anatomical part of the brain responsible for  development  of attention  biases

2.Conlern  - explains the  acquired neural circuits  for processing face for  recognition

2.Colern

Answer 2

Answer: d. Inborn biases

Explanation:

Inborn biases are tendencies babies are born with that enables them to respond to situations in a very particular or certain way.

For example: babies can decide to cry or smile when they see some certain people in order to get attention from them.

Babies also tend to have inborn biases to colors, shapes as well.