To Understand What Infants Know,researchers Use Experimental Paradigms That Take

question 9

Multiple Choice

To understand what infants know,researchers use experimental paradigms that take advantage of all the following processes EXCEPT:

• A) habituation
• B) preferential looking
• C) crawling
• D) orienting

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Definitions:

Experimental Starvation

The deliberate restriction of nutrients for research purposes, typically to study the effects of malnutrition on biological organisms.

Metabolic Rate

The rate at which the body expends energy or burns calories, crucial for maintaining basic physiological functions.

Weight Maintenance

The ability to keep one’s weight at a steady level, especially after losing weight.

Leptin

A hormone produced by fat cells that helps to regulate energy balance by inhibiting hunger.