How Do Researchers Know That Infants Can Tell the Difference

question 136

Multiple Choice

How do researchers know that infants can tell the difference between a physically impossible and physically possible event?

• A)Infants will stare longer at the possible event than the impossible event.
• B)Infants will stare longer at the impossible event than the possible event.
• C)Infants will demonstrate object permanence to the possible event, but not to the impossible event.
• D)Infants will demonstrate object permanence to the impossible event, but not to the possible event.

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Definitions:

Beneficial Effects

Positive outcomes or advantages that result from a particular action or policy.

Ethical Action

Behavior guided by moral principles, aiming to promote good and avoid harm.

Principle of Utility

A fundamental concept in utilitarian ethics that suggests actions should be judged as right or wrong based on their outcomes, specifically their ability to produce the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people.

Greatest Happiness

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