Dr Jones Has Presented an Infant with a Succession of Black

question 86

Multiple Choice

Dr. Jones has presented an infant with a succession of black and white paddles with increasingly narrow stripes and increasingly narrow gaps between them. He wants to determine when the infant can no longer distinguish between the striped paddles and a grey one. Dr. Jones is assessing the infant's

• A)contrast sensitivity.
• B)visual acuity.
• C)visual scanning.
• D)habituation.

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Definitions:

Biases

Systematic patterns of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment, whereby inferences about other people and situations may be drawn in an illogical fashion.

Logical Errors

Faulty reasoning patterns or mistaken beliefs that often result from cognitive biases or limitations.

Conclusions

Statements or judgments that are arrived at by reasoning from evidence or facts.

Experiment

A research method involving the manipulation of one or more independent variables to determine their effect on a dependent variable, within a controlled environment.