You're Interested in Studying Newborn Attention

question 479

Multiple Choice

You're interested in studying newborn attention. You wonder whether the kinds of things newborns pay attention to in their environment are similar to what captures the attention of adults. Based on prior research discussed in your textbook, which of these things would you not predict newborns would pay attention to?

• A)sounds
• B)being touched
• C)smells
• D)locations in space where adults were previously paying attention to
• E)all of these things would be predicted to be attended to by newborns

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