The Tendency for Infants Younger Than Two Months to Focus

question 66

Multiple Choice

The tendency for infants younger than two months to focus on the external features of a complex stimulus and explore the internal features less systematically is called

• A) internal scanning.
• B) external scanning.
• C) the inside-out effect.
• D) the externality effect.

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