Blakemore and Cooper's Study of the Impact of Early Visual Experience

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1. What was the independent variable?

  • How long the participant spent in total darkness daily
  • Whether the participants were in a diagonally striped, horizontally striped, or vertically striped cylinder
  • Whether the participants were in a horizontally striped or vertically striped cylinder
  • Whether the participants were in black cylinder or white cylinder
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2. Which of these was a permanent defect caused by the experiment

  • Lack of startle response when an object rapidly approached them
  • Navigation using predominantly touch
  • Clumsy and jerky head movements
  • Lack of automatically stretching their paws to reach a surface

3. What type of data was collected

  • Both Quantitative and Qualitative
  • Qualitative
  • Quantitative

4. Which of these isn't an ethical consideration regarding animal research

  • Animals used in experiments much be reared with that purpose in mind
  • Animals may only be used in experiments if there is no suitable alternative including non-living tissue
  • Pain and distress cause must be limited in terms of duration and intensity
  • If pain or stress is too severe the animal must be put down

5. Which of these isn't a side of the Bateson Cube?

  • Risk of permanent damage
  • Certainty of benefit
  • Level of suffering
  • Quality of research
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