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Newborn baby Samuel turns his face toward his dad when he touches his cheek. Samuel is displaying which newborn reflex?

Stepping
Rooting
Grasping
Sucking

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The correct answer is B. Rooting

Step-by-step explanation:

A reflex refers to a natural involuntary response or movement usually triggered by a specific situation or stimulus and that is linked to survival. In the case of newborns there are some basic reflex such as stepping that occurs as the baby moves his feet and seems to be walking if held in the air; grasping that occurs as a baby tend to close their hands if given an object; sucking that is the innate reflex of sucking when an object touches the baby's mouth that is necessary to feed and rooting that occurs as one object or element touches the baby's face and the baby turns his face and follows it as it triggers a response to find the breast and feed. Considering this, the reflex displayed by Samuel is Rooting as it is in this reflex the baby follows an element that has touch his face.

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