Research Examining Young Infants' Reaching for Small and Large Objects

question 140

Multiple Choice

Research examining young infants' reaching for small and large objects in a darkened room demonstrated that young infants:

• A)have excellent night vision.
• B)do not have an innate learning mechanism for object size.
• C)have poor night vision.
• D)are able to think about the characteristics of invisible objects.

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Definitions:

Prediction Intervals

A range of values within which a future observation is expected to fall, with a certain level of confidence.

Prediction Interval

A range of values within which a future observation is expected to fall, with a certain probability.

Confidence Interval

A spread of values obtained from statistical scrutiny of samples, presumed to potentially contain the value of an undetermined population parameter.

Confidence Interval Estimate

An interval of values calculated from a sample that is expected to include the value of an unseen population parameter, with a certain degree of confidence.