States Serve as Public Policy

question 51

Multiple Choice

States serve as public policy

• A)laboratories.
• B)referendums.
• C)scapegoats for failed national policies.
• D)equals to that of the national government.

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Definitions:

Baillargeon

A psychologist known for her work in the field of developmental psychology, particularly in infants' understanding of the physical world.

Violation-of-Expectation Techniques

Experimental methods used in cognitive and developmental psychology to study understanding and expectation by observing responses to events that violate normal expectations.

Infants' Knowledge

The information or understanding possessed by infants, often concerning their immediate environment and needs.

A-not-B Task

A cognitive task used to assess the understanding of object permanence in infants, where an object is hidden in one location (A) then moved to another (B), and the infant's search behavior is observed.