Intense and reactive infants become unusually anxious and aroused when facing new or strange situations. This best illustrates the impact of

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The description provided in the question best fits the definition of temperament, which refers to a person's emotional reactivity and intensity level. Specifically, the infants in question are characterized as being intense and reactive, which are key components of various temperament classifications. Habituation refers to a decrease in response to a repeated stimulus and is not as applicable to the infants' overall anxiety and arousal levels. Egocentrism refers to a type of cognitive limitation in which a person has difficulty understanding another's point of view, and imprinting refers to a type of learning that involves forming an attachment to the first moving object seen after birth, neither of which seem to apply to the scenario described.

Intense and Reactive Infants Become Unusually Anxious and Aroused When