DeCasper and Fifer Used _____ as the Dependent Variable to Test

question 27

Multiple Choice

 DeCasper and Fifer used _____ as the dependent variable to test if two-day-old infants could identify the sound of the mother's voice.

• A) eye movements
• B) head tilts
• C) pattern of nipple sucking
• D) eye blinks

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Definitions:

Sherif's Summer Camp

A social psychology experiment by Muzafer Sherif that demonstrated how intergroup conflict arises from competition for resources and how such conflicts can be resolved through cooperative efforts towards shared goals.

Causal Agents

Entities or factors that cause or contribute to the production of an effect, outcome, or phenomenon.

Commons Dilemma

A situation where individuals, acting independently according to their own self-interest, deplete or spoil a shared resource, even though it is not in anyone's long-term interest.

Public Goods Dilemma

A situation in which individuals must choose between self-interest and collective interest, often in the context of sharing resources.