At What Point During Infancy Can Babies Tell the Difference

question 57

Multiple Choice

At what point during infancy can babies tell the difference between their own mother's milk scent and another woman's milk scent?

• A) within a few days after birth
• B) within a few weeks after birth
• C) within a few months after birth
• D) within a year after birth

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Definitions:

Z-test

A statistical test used to determine whether two population means are different when the variances are known and the sample size is large.

µ = 15

Represents the mean of a population is equal to 15.

Z-statistic

A measure used in statistics to quantify the deviation of a data point or a group of data points from the mean, expressed in terms of standard deviations.

Two-tailed Test

A statistical test that allows for the exploration of relationships in both directions, enabling the detection of significant differences regardless of the direction.