One Problem That Arises When Studying Infants Is Experimenters "Reading

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Essay

One problem that arises when studying infants is experimenters "reading" more into an infant's activity or response than may actually be present.For instance,it is a common practice to assign infant preference for an object based on how long the infant stares at the object.As a result,researchers have concluded that infants prefer more complex objects to less complex objects like plain circles and squares.Describe the trap these experimenters might be falling into and provide an alternative reason that these infants stare longer at more complex objects.

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