Why Does the Finding That 4-Month-Old Infants Have Intermodal Perception

question 86

Multiple Choice

Why does the finding that 4-month-old infants have intermodal perception challenge Piaget's theory?

• A) Piaget argued that young infants develop the ability to coordinate sensory information from multiple sources at a much later age.
• B) Piaget believed that infants have the ability to coordinate sensory information from multiple sources right after birth.
• C) Piaget believed that information from one sensory source is not connected to information from another sensory Source.
• D) Piaget believed that infants only rely on information from actions, not on perception.

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