4. What Are Infants Taste Abilities Like At Birth?

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Test Review 1 October 21st, 2010 definitions: be able to define terms/concepts without examples experiments: know the purpose, hypothesis, methods, results, and main conclusion, know dependent and independent variables DON'T focus on unimportant details of methods (e.g. how many Ss they used) application of concepts (apply definitions, explanations to scenario she gives)** ex. know approximate ages for things, like object permanence cross sectional design: test different age groups at one time longitudinal: test the same group of subjects multiple times over the years sequential: test two or more cohorts throughout the years Practice Questions Question 1 Lisa noticed that her friends who received musical training demonstrated…show more content…
Describe a piece of evidence to support your answer. Answer 4 strong and accurate at birth prenatal experience (in the womb, taste what mother eats) Steiner experiment: placed drops of flavoured water on neonates who have not yet been fed found that there was a universal reaction to sweet, sour, and bitter Question 5 Your friend decides to adopt a child from an extremely impoverished town. He shows you a picture of a boy who is 3.5 years old. Having taken Dr. O's class, explain some of the concerns you might raise and provide one piece of research using humans to support your answer. Answer 5 Purpose: to determine environmental factors and genetic influences on development IV: time spent in orphanage DV: head size, cognitive development Methods: measure head size of infants of different age groups, depending on how long they spent in an orphanage Conclusion: head size negatively correlated with cognitive development and time in orphanage critical periods

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