__________ occurs in the laboratory setting when parents are instructed to interact with their infant without showing any signs of emotions.

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The still-face paradigm is a laboratory technique in which parents are instructed to interact with their infant without showing any signs of emotions. This is done to observe the infant's response to a lack of emotional reactivity, which is expected to cause distress and disengagement in the infant. Therefore, option D is the correct answer. Option A (Artificial affect) is a general term used to describe the intentional display of emotions that do not correspond to an individual's internal emotional state. Option B (Negative social modeling) is not relevant to this question as there is no indication of any intentional modeling of negative behavior. Option C (Zero emotional reactivity) is a descriptive phrase but not the specific name of the laboratory technique.

__________ Occurs in the Laboratory Setting When Parents Are Instructed