Sally Is About to Complete a Laboratory Task That Involves

question 125

Multiple Choice

Sally is about to complete a laboratory task that involves watching the placement of specific numbers of items into a bucket with a false bottom. Some of the items are placed in the false bottom, and some stay in the main part of the bucket for Sally to find. If Sally is a ten-month-old infant, and she sees five items go into the bucket but finds only four items when she reaches in, what is Sally likely to do next?

• A) She will cry until somebody helps her find the fifth item.
• B) She will do nothing. She is unable to tell the difference between four items and five items.
• C) She will keep searching, regardless of the number of items she saw.
• D) She will keep searching until she finds the fifth item.

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