Question

24) When baby --- drops her teddy bear out of her crib, she reaches toward it and whimpers, prompting her mother to pick up the bear and hand it to her. This is an example of a __________ gesture.

Answer 1

Correct Answer: Hand Gesture.

Step-by-step explanation:

Gesture is the sign someone makes when he or she is trying to pass an information across. In the case of a mother picking up a bear and handing over to her crying baby that dropped it in the first space, this is an example of a Hand gesture.

This is because, the baby extending her hand to pick up the teddy bear she dropped while whimpering is called hand gesture.

Answer 2

Answer: Protoimperative gesture

Step-by-step explanation:

This word-gesture technique occurs in developing children usually between 8 and 9 months of age. Here, the baby tries to reach out towards the object of interest and whimpering at the same time in order for another person to get that object of interest usually a toy for him or her.