Suppose you observe a father and his infant daughter in a laboratory and they are playing together. At some point, the father stops responding to his daughter and the experimenter records how the child reacts. The term for an experiment of this type is:

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The book describes a still-face experiment, in which parents were first asked to sit and play with their infants and then, after 3 minutes, to stop communicating with their babies by putting on a blank, still face. Babies first responded with surprise but their behavior soon began to deteriorate. This research demonstrated the importance of the reciprocal two-way parent-child communication system.

Suppose You Observe a Father and His Infant Daughter in a Laboratory