A Developmental Psychologist Is Showing a Four-Month-Old Infant a Series

question 23

Multiple Choice

A developmental psychologist is showing a four-month-old infant a series of drawings.Each drawing shows a series of heavy black dots arranged in the shape of a square.After seeing a series of such pictures,the infant looks for shorter and shorter periods of time until she is barely glancing at each new version of the black dots in a square.Suddenly the researcher presents a new drawing of heavy black dots in the shape of a circle,and the baby shows renewed interest by gazing for a longer period of time.What is illustrated by this research project?

• A)The baby's response was an example of discriminatory social referencing.
• B)The baby became habituated to the pattern of the dots in the shape of a square.
• C)The baby demonstrated dislike of the square pattern of black dots.
• D)The baby was illustrating intersensory integration.

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Definitions:

Beta

A standard for evaluating the unpredictability, or fundamental risk, of a security or diversified portfolio in contrast with the entire market.

Non-diversifiable Risk

The portion of risk that can't be eliminated through diversification, often related to systemic factors affecting all investments.

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A statistical measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values.

Systematic Risk

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