The Most Potent Single Predictor of an Infant's Future Health

question 48

Multiple Choice

The most potent single predictor of an infant's future health status is:

• A) the rate of the mother's recovery.
• B) the infant's birthweight.
• C) the age at which the infant first learns to walk.
• D) the ease and speed of delivery.
• E) the infant's temperature at birth.

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Definitions:

External Validity

The extent to which the results of a study can be generalized to other situations and to other people.

Experimental Controls

Refers to conditions that researchers manipulate or maintain constant to determine their effects on the dependent variable in an experiment.

Analogue Designs

Experimental designs used in laboratory settings that aim to replicate aspects of the real world within a controlled environment to test hypotheses about behavior or phenomena.

Extraneous Variables

Variables that can influence the outcome of an experiment but are not the variables being studied, potentially confounding the results.