For Children,the Hours Watching Sesame Street on Television Correlates Positively

question 225

Multiple Choice

For children,the hours watching Sesame Street on television correlates positively with higher vocabulary.Which conclusion,if any,can we draw from this result?​

• A)Watching Sesame Street increases children's vocabulary.
• B)​Children with a good vocabulary enjoy watching Sesame Street.
• C)Upper-middle-class families have children with good vocabularies and encourage children to watch Sesame Street.
• D)​None of these conclusions follow from the result.

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Definitions:

Weber's Constant

A principle in psychophysics that quantifies the smallest change in a stimulus that can be detected, stating that this change is a constant proportion of the original stimulus intensity.

Threshold

The point at which a stimulus is strong enough to be detected or to cause a response.

Difference Threshold

The smallest detectable difference between two stimuli or the minimum change in a stimulus that can be correctly perceived as differing from a reference stimulus.

Just Noticeable Difference

The minimum difference in stimulus intensity that a specific sense (like sight, hearing, taste, touch, or smell) can detect.