A 3-month-old infant's tendency to become _____ in response to her mother's naturalistic displays of _____ provides evidence that the infant can discriminate and react appropriately to her mother's emotional expressions.

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Infants can discriminate between different emotional expressions of their caregivers and react in a manner that is congruent with the observed emotion. This includes becoming gleeful in response to happiness, distressed in response to anger, and distressed in response to sadness, indicating a broad ability to recognize and react to a range of emotional expressions.

A 3-Month-Old Infant's Tendency to Become _____ in Response to Her