When 12-Month-Old Trent's Dad Asks Him to Get His Stuffed

question 19

Multiple Choice

When 12-month-old Trent's dad asks him to get his stuffed bunny,Trent looks at and points to the pillow where the bunny usually rests.Trent is displaying __________.

• A) the violation-of-expectation method
• B) deferred imitation
• C) inferred imitation
• D) displaced reference

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Definitions:

Significance Level

The significance level, often denoted as alpha, is the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is actually true, representing the risk of a type I error.

Type I Error

The error made when a true null hypothesis is incorrectly rejected, often referred to as a "false positive."

P Value

The probability of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the results actually observed, assuming that the null hypothesis is true.

Confidence

The degree of certainty or trust in a statistical or experimental result, often expressed as a confidence interval or level.