Recent Research Has Shown That Infants Have a Primitive Understanding

question 12

Multiple Choice

Recent research has shown that infants have a primitive understanding of the laws of motion. Which of the following is NOT evidence that shows infants understand the laws of motion?

• A) Newborns reach for where the moving object will end up rather than where it started.
• B) Infants looked longer at the moving rod scene when the two rods appeared separated after they were shown as a single moving object.
• C) Newborns prefer moving objects rather than stationary objects.
• D) Newborns will follow a moving object with their eyes.

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