Question

Mary is playing with her infant daughter Rosalie. Mary responds to Rosalie's facial expressions by mimicking and exaggerating the same expressions. All of a sudden, Mary's face becomes blank and she does not show any emotion. How is Rose likely to respond

A. Rose will probably frown, fuss, drool, orlook away from her mother.
B. Rose will be glad for the break and willprobably fall asleep.
C. Rose will exaggerate her mother's facialexpression.
D. Rose will smile and coo even more to tryto get her mother to respond.

Answer 1

A.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to researchers, babies have the ability to mimic and exaggerate the facial expressions of others. Researchers say that babies are able to mimic because of mirror neurons.

In the given case, Rosalie, who is mimicking her mother's expressions will frown, fuss, drool or look away when Mary makes a blank face. Rose will behave in such a manner because Mary's face is showing no expressions and she have nothing to mimic or exaggerate now.

So, the correct answer is option A.