There is a tendency for an infant to react to a stimulus with generalized, whole-body movements at first, with responses becoming more specific and refined later. This trend is referred to as which of the following?
A) body-in-total trend
B) cephalocaudal trend
C) proximodistal trend
D) gross-to-specific trend

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The gross-to-specific trend describes how infants initially respond to stimuli with broad, generalized movements, which gradually become more precise and specific as they develop.

There Is a Tendency for an Infant to React to a Stimulus