Young children often fail false belief tasks. This finding has been interpreted in a number of different ways. Describe two different interpretations of children's poor performance on false belief tasks
What will be an ideal response?
Any two of the following: (1) young children lack a theory of mind that recognizes that other people's minds include representations that may be different from one's own representations, (2) young children lack the verbal and conversational skills to perform well on such tasks, and (3) young children lack the ability to reason with complex hierarchical rules and/or the ability to inhibit a prepotent response.
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a. the photos b. the electric shock c. the loud noise d. the crying response
The use of z scores for obtaining probabilities is only possible when
a. the events are independent b. the probabilities are conditional c. the distribution curve is symmetrical d. the distribution curve is normal