Question

Ten-year-old maria finds that her 6-month-old sister anna will smile when maria smiles and laugh when maria laughs. anna's imitation of maria's facial expressions is an example of

Answer 1

Ten-year-old maria finds that her 6-month-old sister anna will smile when maria smiles and laugh when maria laughs. anna's imitation of maria's facial expressions is an example of automatic mimicry.

Automatic mimicry is understood as our tendency to unconsciously imitate others' expressions, postures, and voice tones. It is a form of conformity. It is the unconscious or automatic imitation of speech and movements, gestures, facial expressions and eye gaze as well.

This may be considered a neurocognitive model of emotional contagion.

Answer 2

Given choices are:

A) Informational social influence

B) automatic mimicry

C) cognitive dissonance

D) personal control

Ten-year-old Maria finds that her 6-month-old sister Anna will automatically imitate what she does. Her sister smiles when Maria smiles and she laughs when Maria laughs. Anna's imitation of Maria's facial expressions is an example of automatic mimicry.

Mimicry is the automatic imitation of gestures, facial expressions, speech and movement commonly illustrated by babies.