Asked by Jaquelin Diosdado on May 30, 2024

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What is the name of the experimental task in which an infant interacts with an adult who first engages in normal social interaction and then suddenly becomes unresponsive?

A) still-face interaction paradigm
B) violation-of-expectation task
C) information processing approach
D) A-not-B error

Still-Face Interaction Paradigm

A research method used to study infant-caregiver interaction, where the caregiver suddenly maintains a neutral, unresponsive face towards the infant.

Violation-Of-Expectation Task

A task in which a stimulus appears to violate physical laws.

Social Interaction

The process by which individuals act and react in relation to others, influencing and being influenced by the social structures and processes around them.

  • Describe experimental methods and tasks used to study infant cognition and memory.
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Zybrea KnightJun 01, 2024
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Explanation :
The experimental task in which an infant interacts with an adult who first engages in normal social interaction and then suddenly becomes unresponsive is called the still-face interaction paradigm. Option B (violation-of-expectation task) is an experimental task where infants are shown a possible event and an impossible event to see whether they display surprise or novelty response. Option C (information processing approach) refers to an approach that seeks to understand how cognitive development occurs through examining how children physically, mentally, and emotionally process and respond to information in their environments. Option D (A-not-B error) is an error made by infants when they continue to search for an object in a location where they previously found it (location A), even after seeing it being hidden in a different location (location B).