Recently, your friends went out for the evening and got a babysitter. They have
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Recently, your friends went out for the evening and got a babysitter. They have gotten babysitters in the eight months since their baby was born, but this time the baby cried when the babysitter came in the door and rushed to pick him up. A few weeks ago when the same sitter came to the house, the baby was willing to go to her. Your friends can't figure out what happened to the baby to change the situation. What can you tell your friends about stranger wariness that might explain the baby's behavior?
Psychology
Explanation / Answer
Infant emotion become more differentiated and distinct between the age of 6-9 months.
At the age of 4 month the infant develop smile, 4-8 month of age the infant show anger, 9-14 month of age the infant show fear of social events.
Stranger wariness is the event associated with emotional evolution of a child. In this event we see that an infant no longer smiles at any friendly face and they start to crying if a person moves too close.
This behaviour of infant is seen at 6 month of age.
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