A Developmental Psychologist Studying Infants' Understanding of Object Permanence Uses

question 144

Multiple Choice

A developmental psychologist studying infants' understanding of object permanence uses a method where infants see an event happen as it would normally occur.Then,the event is changed,often in a way that creates a physically impossible event.The result of this is that the infants look longer at the changed event indicating that he or she is surprised by it.Which method is being adopted here?

• A)Violation of expectations
• B)Habituation and dishabituation
• C)Visual preference
• D)Principle of persistence

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