An experiment by Julie Mennella and coworkers (2001 ) involved pregnant women who drank carrot juice during the last trimester of pregnancy but water (not carrot juice) during the first two months of lactation; drank water (not carrot juice) during the last trimester but carrot juice during the first two months of lactation; or drank water (not carrot juice) during the last trimester and first two months of lactation. When subsequently offered carrot-flavored cereal, the infants _____.
A) who were exposed to the taste of carrot juice in amniotic fluid or breast milk had a marked dislike of carrot-flavored cereal
B) who were exposed to the taste of carrot juice in amniotic fluid had a preference for carrot-flavored cereal but those exposed to it in breast milk had a marked dislike of carrot-flavored cereal
C) who were exposed to the taste of carrot juice in breast milk had a preference for carrot-flavored cereal but those exposed to it in amniotic fluid had a marked dislike of carrot-flavored cereal
D) who were exposed to the taste of carrot juice in amniotic fluid or breast milk had a preference for carrot-flavored cereal
Question 2
Normally, in behavioral research
a. alpha is smaller than beta.
b. beta is smaller than alpha.
c. beta and alpha are equal.
d. alpha and beta are both set at .05.
Carrot Love
Ghostly experiment
Example of pre- and posttest Interpretation in an Experiment
Gastric Phase of Digestion: Regulation of Gastric Juice pH and Gastric Motility
Regions involved in the control of genetic expression of the lac operon
Davis’s U-tube experiment