Two-year-old Babs is asked by her mother to sing a song in front of her relatives. For the first time in her life, Babs experiences the emotion of embarrassment. Developmentalists refer to this type of emotion as a(n) _____ emotion.

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Babs is experiencing a type of self-conscious emotion, specifically embarrassment, which is a secondary emotion that infants begin to develop around 18-24 months old. Primary emotions, on the other hand, include basic emotions like joy, anger, fear, and sadness, which are present in infants from birth. Amoral and imprinting are not relevant to the scenario described.

Two-Year-Old Babs Is Asked by Her Mother to Sing a Song