Harry Harlow's Research with Infant Monkeys Demonstrated the Importance Of

question 140

Multiple Choice

Harry Harlow's research with infant monkeys demonstrated the importance of:

• A) good nutrition for cognitive development.
• B) physical contact and the bond infants form with their mothers.
• C) punishment in shaping behavior.
• D) self-esteem in socialization.

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Definitions:

Level of Significance

The criterion used in statistical testing to decide whether to reject the null hypothesis, represented by a probability value (e.g., 0.05 or 5%).

Standard Error

A measure of the variability of a statistic from sample to sample, often used to quantify the accuracy of a sample mean.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, representing how spread out the values are from the mean.

Sample Means

The average values calculated from samples drawn from a population; used in inferential statistics as estimates of the population mean.