Explain what it means to gain knowledge via science
What will be an ideal response?
Gaining knowledge via science involves a merger of rationalism and empiricism. Scientists collect data (make empirical observations) and test hypotheses with these data (assess them using rationalism). By merging rationalism with empiricism, we have the advantage of using a logical argument based on observation.
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Discuss sex differences in motor skills in early childhood
What will be an ideal response?
In a study by Eimas and colleagues (1971), young infants were presented with an auditory stimulus from the ba/pa continuum over and over again until they decreased the rate at which they sucked on a pacifier
Then, infants were presented with a novel auditory stimulus that differed in VOT from the original auditory stimulus by a fixed amount. When the novel stimulus was on a different side of the ba/pa category boundary than the original stimulus, infants' sucking rate ___, when the novel stimulus was within the same category as the original stimulus, infants' sucking rate ___. a. remained constant, remained constant b. decreased, increased c. increased, decreased d. increased, remained constant