Researchers Investigating the Role of Experience in 7-Month-Old Infants' Representational

question 41

Multiple Choice

Researchers investigating the role of experience in 7-month-old infants' representational abilities found that object permanence:

• A) was stronger for familiar compared to novel objects.
• B) was stronger for novel compared to familiar objects.
• C) was not influenced by familiarity with objects.
• D) is innate.

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