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Basic cry refers to cry that starts softly and gradually becomes more intense that is usually heard when babies are hungry or tired.
Basic emotions refer to emotions experienced by humankind which consist of three (3) elements :
1. a subjective feeling ;.
2. a physiological change; and
3. an overt behavior
They are the set of emotions present at birth or emerging early in the first year that some theorists believe to be biologically programmed.
Basic hostility is a term used which is according to Horney is the feeling of anger that a child experiences when he or she experiences the basic evil.
See also Basic evil
Basic reflexes is a term used in Piaget's theory that refers to the first sub-stage of sensorimotor development, in which infants know the world only by their inherited action patterns.