Parents often claim that their babies prefer one type of music over another. But, do infants really have the ability to make aesthetic judgments about music? For this project, you willl design an experiment that tests the perceptual abilities of infants.

• Give your essay an appropriate title (4 pts.).

• Write an introductory paragraph that summarizes research on infants' sensitivity to sounds and their preferences for one kind of sound versus another. (20 pts.). Rememberall of this information is in the textbook or class notes.

• In the main section of the essay, design an operant conditioning experiment to examine whether 4-month-olds prefer one kind of music versus another. Be sure to include details about your methods (16 pts.).

• State operational definitions of the behaviors you will measure (8 pts.).

• Name the independent and dependent variables (8 pts.).

• What factors will you control and how (8 pts.)?

• What changes would you have to see in the dependent variable(s) if babies do, in fact, prefer one kind of music over another (8 pts.)?

• Discuss potential problems and sources of bias (8 pts.).

• Conclude with a discussion of the expected results and the implications for infants' perceptual abilities if infants make aesthetic music judgments (20 pts.).