In the Violation-Of-Expectation Method,heightened Attention to an Unexpected Event Suggests

question 101

Multiple Choice

In the violation-of-expectation method,heightened attention to an unexpected event suggests that the infant

• A) is not surprised by a deviation from physical reality.
• B) prefers familiarity over novelty.
• C) has not yet mastered object permanence.
• D) is aware of the expected aspect of the physical world.

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities that can vary in the analysis of statistical data.

Treatments

The different levels or categories of the independent variable applied in an experiment.

Sum of Squared Errors

The total of the squared differences between the observed values and the values predicted by a model or the mean.

Variation

A measure of the spread or dispersion of a set of data points within a dataset.