Which Statement Would Support a Nativist's Interpretation of the Development

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which statement would support a nativist's interpretation of the development of categorization and the understanding of objects?

• A) Infants have learned categories for objects through experience.
• B) Infants have many experiences with objects refining their categories.
• C) Infants have strengthened associations between categories and their properties.
• D) Infants have predetermined biases to think about categories.

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