According to Critics of the Nativist View of Cognitive Development

question 42

Multiple Choice

According to critics of the nativist view of cognitive development, which is a possible alternative explanation of infants' longer looking times during experiments?

• A) Infants' attention may be drawn to perceptual features of the stimulus, rather than reflecting their innate expectations.
• B) Infants do not have innate skill but, rather, they learn through experience.
• C) Nativists do not account for different habituation rates, which may result in longer looking times.
• D) Nativists do not account for the influence of sensory feedback on infant looking behaviors.
• E) At early ages, infants have not yet developed an understanding of object permanence.

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