In His Experiment, Professor Smith Found That Infants Looked Longer

question 14

Multiple Choice

In his experiment, Professor Smith found that infants looked longer to the pictures with 16 objects. What can he infer from these findings?

• A) Infants can count.
• B) Nothing, because the experiment lacks ecological validity.
• C) Infants can discriminate between numbers that are doubled.
• D) None of the above.

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