What Would You Not Expect of a Newborn's Introduction to Being

question 76

Multiple Choice

What would you not expect of a newborn's introduction to being placed in water?

• A)The newborn would stiffen his or her body and pull back from the water.
• B)The newborn would have no fear of the water.
• C)The newborn would hold his or her breath naturally.
• D)The newborn would contract his or her throat to keep water out.

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Definitions:

Effect Size

A quantitative measure of the magnitude of a phenomenon, used to indicate the size of an experimental effect.

Independent Variable

The variable that is manipulated or changed in an experiment to see if it has an effect on some other variable.

Type I Error

Incorrectly rejecting a true null hypothesis, also known as a "false positive" in statistical hypothesis testing.

Alpha Level

The threshold of statistical significance in hypothesis testing, often set at 0.05, below which the null hypothesis is rejected.